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Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa. [1]

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AB de Villiers

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984), commonly known as AB de Villiers and Mister 360 Degree, also simply known as ABD, is a former South African cricketer who played for the South African national team He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool

The Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool is a public, Afrikaans-speaking high school for girls in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool

The Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Afrikaans Boys' High School) also known as Affies, is a public high school for boys situated in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Afrikaners

Afrikaners are a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Air Force Base Swartkop

Air Force Base Swartkop is South Africa's oldest air force base and houses the South African Air Force Museum.

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Air Force Base Waterkloof

Air Force Base Waterkloof is an airbase of the South African Air Force.

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American International School of Johannesburg

American International School of Johannesburg (AISJ) is a PreK-12 (preschool through senior high school) American international school system with two campuses in South Africa: one in Johannesburg and one in Pretoria.

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Amman

Amman (عمّان) is the capital and most populous city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political and cultural centre.

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Andries Pretorius

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (27 November 179823 July 1853) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the South African Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.

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Anel Alexander

Anel Alexander (née Flett) is an actress and producer from Pretoria, South Africa.

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Anglican Diocese of Pretoria

The Diocese of Pretoria is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

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Anton van Wouw

Anton van Wouw (27 December 1862, Driebergen - 30 July 1945, Pretoria) was a Dutch-born sculptor regarded as the father of South African sculpture.

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Apartheid

Apartheid started in 1948 in theUnion of South Africa |year_start.

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Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa

The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM) is a classical Pentecostal Christian denomination in South Africa.

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Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African actor.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.

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Atteridgeville

Atteridgeville is a township located to the west of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Austin Roberts

Austin Roberts (3 January 1883 – 5 May 1948) was a South African zoologist.

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Austin Stevens

Austin Stevens (born 19 May 1950) is a South African-born Australian naturalist, herpetologist, wildlife photographer, documentarian, television personality, and author best known as the host of the Animal Planet nature documentary series Austin Stevens: Snakemaster (2004−09).

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Baku

Baku (Bakı) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region, with a population of 2,374,000.

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Battle of Blood River

The Battle of Blood River (Slag van Bloedrivier; iMpi yaseNcome) is the name given for the battle fought between 470 Voortrekkers ("Pioneers"), led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated "10 000 to 15 000" Zulu on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Beeld

Beeld (English: Picture) is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974.

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Ben Schoeman Freeway

The Ben Schoeman Freeway or Ben Schoeman Highway is the main freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and consists of portions of the M1, N1, and N14.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Blue Bulls

The Blue Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, or more popularly by their Afrikaans name die Blou Bulle, is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament.

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Blue Train (South Africa)

The Blue Train travels an approximately journey in South Africa between Pretoria and Cape Town.

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Boksburg

Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa.

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Branden Grace

Branden John Grace (born 20 May 1988) is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays on the European Tour, the PGA Tour, and the Sunshine Tour.

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Brits, North West

Brits is a large town situated in a fertile, citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province of South Africa.

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Bronkhorstspruit

Bronkhorstspruit is a town 50 km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank.

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Brooklyn Mall

Brooklyn Mall is a shopping mall in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, owned by development company Growthpoint Properties.

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Bulls (rugby union)

The Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Bulls, are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition.

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Bureau of Heraldry

The Bureau of Heraldry is the South African heraldic authority, established in Pretoria on 1 June 1963.

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Burgers Park

Burgers Park is a park located in the center of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Bushveld

The Bushveld is a sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa named after the term veld.

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Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated.

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Cape Colony

The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope.

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Cape Dutch architecture

Cape Dutch architecture is a traditional Afrikaner architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Casper de Vries

Casper Johannes De Vries (born 1 June 1964) is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, painter, composer, director and producer.

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Centurion, Gauteng

Centurion (previously known as Verwoerdburg and before that Lyttelton) is an area with 236,580 (2011 Census) inhabitants in Gauteng Province of South Africa, located between Pretoria and Midrand (Johannesburg).

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Chris Morris (cricketer)

Christopher Henry Morris (born 30 April 1987) is a South African international cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for Titans.

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Christian Brothers' College, Mount Edmund

The Christian Brothers' College, Mount Edmund (formerly Christian Brothers' College St. Gabriel's until 1969) is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Church Square, Pretoria

Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa.

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City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa.

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City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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College of Arms

The College of Arms, sometimes referred to as the College of Heralds, is a royal corporation consisting of professional officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms.

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Colony of Natal

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) are a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa who have ancestry from various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu speakers, Afrikaners, and sometimes also Austronesians and South Asians.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre and middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis.

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Conrad Bo

Michiel Conrad Botha (born 9 August 1972) better known as Conrad Bo is a South African Artist, the founder of The Superstroke Art Movement.

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Cornwall Hill College

Cornwall Hill College is a private school in Irene, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organisation.

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Crawford College, Pretoria

Crawford College, Pretoria is an alternative, independent school in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cullinan, Gauteng

Cullinan is a small town east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Currie Cup

The Currie Cup tournament is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces.

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Daniel Bekker

Daniel "Daan" Wepener Bekker (9 February 1932 – 22 October 2009) was a South African boxer, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

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Deanne Bergsma

Deanne Bergsma (born 16 April 1941) is a retired South African ballerina.

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Delft

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Delmas, Mpumalanga

Delmas is a small maize farming town situated east of Johannesburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Democratic Alliance (South Africa)

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a South African political party and the official opposition to the governing African National Congress (ANC).

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Department of International Relations and Cooperation

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is the foreign ministry of the South African government.

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Deputy President of South Africa

The Deputy President of South Africa is the deputy head of government of South Africa.

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Deutsche Schule Pretoria

Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria (DSP) is a German international school in The Willows, Pretoria, South Africa.

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Office, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational or agricultural purposes.

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Dingane kaSenzangakhona

Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu (ca. 1795–1840)—commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan—was a Zulu chief who became king of the Zulu Kingdom in 1828.

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Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History

The African Window is a building in Pretoria, Gauteng, which houses the Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History (DNMCH) of South Africa.

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DJ Mujava

Elvis Maswanganyi, better known as DJ Mujava, is a South African DJ and electronic music producer.

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Dschinghis Khan

Dschinghis Khan (known in some countries as Genghis Khan) is a German pop band originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Dschinghis Khan", which was written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.

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Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK)

The Dutch Reformed Church (abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa.

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E.tv

e.tv is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa.

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Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is an American business magnate, investor and engineer.

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Es'kia Mphahlele

Es'kia Mphahlele (17 December 1919 – 27 October 2008) was a South African writer, educationist, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature.

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Eugène Marais

Eugène Nielen Marais (9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa is a Lutheran church in South Africa.

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Faerie Glen Nature Reserve

Faerie Glen Nature Reserve is situated at the western limit of the Bronberg in the east of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Faf du Plessis

Francois "Faf" du Plessis (born 13 July 1984) is a South African international cricketer and the current captain of the South African national team across all formats.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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First Boer War

The First Boer War (Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War"), also known as the First Anglo-Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion, was a war fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic (also known as Transvaal Republic; not to be confused with the modern-day Republic of South Africa).

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Formula One

Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.

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Frances Ames

Frances Rix Ames (20 April 1920 – 11 November 2002) was a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, best known for leading the medical ethics inquiry into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died from medical neglect after being tortured in police custody.

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Frans Oerder

Frans David Oerder (7 April 1867 Rotterdam - 15 July 1944 Pretoria) was a Dutch-born South African landscape, still-life and portrait painter, etcher and lithographer.

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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century.

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Freedom Park (South Africa)

Freedom Park is situated on Salvokop in Pretoria.

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Ga-Rankuwa

Ga-Rankuwa is a township located about 37 km north of Pretoria.

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Gaborone

Gaborone (English) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 231,626 based on the 2011 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana.

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Gauteng

Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Gautrain

Gautrain is an commuter rail system in Gauteng, South Africa, which links Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekhuruleni and O. R. Tambo International Airport.

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Gé Korsten

Gérard Korsten (popularly known as Gé) (6 December 1927 – 29 September 1999) was a South African opera tenor and actor who had a great influence on Afrikaans culture.

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George Gristock

George Gristock VC (14 January 1905 – 16 June 1940) was a British Army soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Germiston

Germiston is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000.

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Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a retired British stage, television and film actress, dancer, pianist, and singer.

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Government gazette

A government gazette (official gazette, official journal, official newspaper or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices.

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Government House, Pretoria

Government House was built between 1902 and 1906 as the official residence of the Governor of the Transvaal Colony.

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Great Trek

The Great Trek (Die Groot Trek; De Grote Trek) was an eastward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers (called Voortrekkers) who travelled by wagons from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration.

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Groenkloof Nature Reserve

The Groenkloof Nature Reserve, located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria, was the first game sanctuary in Africa.

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Gwede Mantashe

Samson Gwede Mantashe, popularly known as Gwede Mantashe (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician, who as of 18 December 2017 serves as the National Chairperson of the African National Congress.

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Hartbeespoort

Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam.

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Hatfield, Pretoria

Hatfield is a suburb in Pretoria, South Africa with a high density of students and student accommodation due its proximity to the University of Pretoria's main campus.

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Hegemony

Hegemony (or) is the political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others.

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Helene Muller

Karina Helena Muller (also Helene Muller, born 25 April 1978) is a South African former swimmer, who specialised in sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.

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Herbert Baker

Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures.

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Higher education

Higher education (also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education) is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education.

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Highveld

The Highveld (Afrikaans: Hoëveld) is the portion of the South African inland plateau which has an altitude above roughly 1500 m, but below 2100 m, thus excluding the Lesotho mountain regions to the south-east of the Highveld.

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Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church is a global Pentecostal megachurch originating from Sydney, New South Wales, which is affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God.

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Hillview High School

Hillview High School is a public English medium co-ed high school located in Roseville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Hoërskool Eldoraigne

Eldoraigne High is a secondary school located in Pretoria.

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Hoërskool Menlopark

Die Hoërskool Menlopark (Menlo Park High School) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school located in Menlo Park, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

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Hoërskool Overkruin

Hoërskool Overkruin is a public secondary school that has a strong foundation based on Christian values and ethics.

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Hoërskool Waterkloof

Hoërskool Waterkloof is an Afrikaans high school situated in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Hoërskool Wonderboom

Hoërskool Wonderboom also known as Wonnies, is an Afrikaans-medium public high school situated in the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, on the southern slopes of the Magaliesberg.

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Houses of Parliament, Cape Town

The Houses of Parliament of South Africa are situated in Cape Town.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic (composite index) of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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I Am the Walrus

"I Am the Walrus" is a song by the Beatles released in November 1967.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are citizens and residents of South Africa of Indian descent.

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Irma Stern

Irma Stern (1894, Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal – 23 August 1966, Cape Town, South Africa) was a major South African artist who achieved national and international recognition in her lifetime.

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Ismail Mahomed

Ismail Mahomed SCOB SC (5 July 1931 – 17 June 2000) was a South African lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of South Africa and the Supreme Court of Namibia, and co-authored the constitution of Namibia.

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Jacaranda

Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Bahamas.

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Jacaranda FM

Jacaranda FM, previously known as Jacaranda 94.2, is a South African radio station, broadcasting in English, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts a listening audience of 2 million people a week and a digital community of more than 1,1 million people a month.

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Jacaranda mimosifolia

Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers.

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Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef

Jacobus Hendrik (Henk) Pierneef (usually referred to as Pierneef) (13 August 1886 Pretoria – 4 October 1957 Pretoria), was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters.

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Johan Barkhuizen

Johan Barkhuizen (born 1 September 1982) was a South African cricketer.

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Johannesburg

Johannesburg (also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Joost van der Westhuizen

Joost Heystek van der Westhuizen (20 February 1971 – 6 February 2017) was a South African rugby union player who made 89 appearances in test matches for the national team, scoring 38 tries.

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JR (rapper)

Tabure Thabo Bogopa Junior (born 12 March 1987), who performs under the stage name JR, is a South African rapper.

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Judiciary

The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.

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Karin Melis Mey

Karin Melis Mey, née Karin Mey, (born 31 May 1983) is a South African-born Turkish female long jumper.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kempton Park, Gauteng

Kempton Park is a main place of Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province, South Africa.

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Kgalema Motlanthe

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe (born 19 July 1949) is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa between 25 September 2008 and 9 May 2009, following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki.

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Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv (Kyiv; Kiyev; Kyjev) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper.

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Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk (born September 20, 1972) is a South African-born American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and restaurateur.

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Kruger House, Pretoria

Kruger House is the historical Pretoria residence of the Boer leader and President of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger.

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Krugersdorp

Krugersdorp (Afrikaans for Kruger's town) is a mining city in the West Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa founded in 1887 by Marthinus Pretorius.

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Lanseria International Airport

Lanseria International Airport is a privately owned international airport that is situated north of Randburg and Sandton to the north west of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Laudium

Laudium is an Indian township (apartheid classification) southwest of central Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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Lingua franca

A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vernacular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.

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List of Pretoria suburbs

Pretoria suburbs are outlying areas of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and soccer stadium situated in the Arcadia suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Lukasrand

Lukasrand is an established suburb to the southeast of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Lukasrand Tower

The Lukasrand Tower is located on Muckleneuk Hill in the Lukasrand suburb of Pretoria, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Lulama Xingwana

Lulama "Lulu" Marytheresa Xingwana (born 23 September 1955) is a South African politician who served as Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities from November 2010 - May 2014.

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Lycée Jules Verne (South Africa)

Lycée Jules Verne (LJV) is a French international school in South Africa.

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M-Net

M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a subscription-funded television channel broadcast in South Africa.

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Magaliesberg

Magaliesberg (historically also known as Macalisberg or as the Cashan Mountains) is a mountain range extending west and north from Pretoria to just south of Pilanesberg, (see also Pilanesberg National Park), and extending for some 50 km east of Pretoria where it peters out just south of Bronkhorstspruit.

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Magnus Malan

Magnus André de Merindol Malan (30 January 1930 – 18 July 2011) was the Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha, Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Chief of the South African Army.

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Mahlamba Ndlopfu

Mahlamba Ndlopfu is the official residence for the President of South Africa in Bryntirion, Pretoria.

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Mamelodi

Mamelodi, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township set up by the then apartheid government northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.

Mamelodi Sundowns is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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Mangaung Oval

Mangaung Oval, previously known as Springbok Park, Chevrolet Park, Goodyear Park, and OUTsurance Oval, is a cricket oval in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Mapungubwe Collection

The Mapungubwe Collection curated by the Department of UP Arts at the University of Pretoria Museums comprises archaeological material excavated by the University of Pretoria at the Mapungubwe archaeological site since its discovery in 1933.

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Maputo

Maputo (formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976) is the capital and most populous city of Mozambique.

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Marabastad, Pretoria

Marabastad (also called Asiatic Bazaar or Location) is a business area near the city centre of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Margaret Becklake

Margaret Rigsby Becklake, (born May 27, 1922) is a Canadian academic and epidemiologist.

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Mariamman Temple, Pretoria

The Mariamman Temple was built in 1905 and is the oldest Hindu temple in Pretoria, South Africa, located in the suburb of Marabastad.

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Marlboro, Gauteng

Marlboro is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is a suburb of Sandton.

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Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (17 September 1819 – 19 May 1901) was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic.

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Melinda Bam

Melinda Bam (born 14 May 1989) is a South African director, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2011, becoming the official representative of her country to Miss Universe 2012.

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Melrose House

Melrose House is a stately mansion and museum located on Burgers Park in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Menlyn Park

Menlyn Park Shopping Centre is a shopping mall in Menlyn, Pretoria, South Africa, owned by development company Pareto.

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Methodist Church of Southern Africa

The Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) is a large Wesleyan Methodist denomination, with local churches across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and a more limited presence in Mozambique.

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Metres above sea level

Metres above mean sea level (MAMSL) or simply metres above sea level (MASL or m a.s.l.) is a standard metric measurement in metres of the elevation or altitude of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level.

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Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation.

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Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria

Pretoria, like most South African cities uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below National (N) roads and Regional (R) roads.

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Metrorail Gauteng

Metrorail Gauteng is a network of commuter rail services in Gauteng province in South Africa, serving the Johannesburg and Pretoria metro areas.

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Micki Pistorius

Micki Pistorius (born 19 March 1961 in Pretoria) is a South African forensic or investigative psychologist and author.

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Midrand

Midrand is an area in central Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Military history of South Africa

The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Motorized infantry

In NATO and most other western countries, motorized infantry is infantry that is transported by trucks or other un-protected motor vehicles.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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N1 (South Africa)

The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe.

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N14 (South Africa)

The N14 is a national route in South Africa which runs from Springbok in the Northern Cape to Pretoria.

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N4 (South Africa)

The N4 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Skilpadshek on the Botswana border, past Rustenburg, Pretoria, Witbank and Nelspruit, to Komatipoort on the Mozambique border.

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National Library of South Africa

The National Library of South Africa is the agency of the government of South Africa which maintains a national library of all published materials relating to the country.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Neomodern

Neomodern or neomodernist art is a reaction to the complexity of postmodern architecture and eclecticism, seeking greater simplicity.

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Nigel Green

Nigel McGown Green (15 October 192415 May 1972) was an English character actor.

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Northern Sotho language

Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), also (incorrectly) known by the name of its standardised dialect version Sepedi (or Pedi) is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages.

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Northerns (cricket team)

Northerns (formerly North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal) has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937.

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O. R. Tambo International Airport

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Orange River Colony

The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War.

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Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African former sprint runner who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2013.

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Ou Raadsaal

Ou Raadsaal (also known as Old Council Chamber, Old Government Building, and Republikeinse Raadsaal) was the Parliament Building of the Transvaal Republic Government in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Palace of Justice, Pretoria

The Palace of Justice forms part of the northern façade of Church Square in Pretoria.

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Parliament of South Africa

The Parliament of South Africa is South Africa's legislature and under the country's current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.

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Paul Kruger

Stephanus Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900.

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Pedi people

Pedi (also known as BaPedi, Bamaroteng, Marota, Basotho, Northern Sotho) – in its broadest sense – is a cultural/linguistic term.

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Pieter Wenning

Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning (9 September 1873 – 24 January 1921) was a South African painter and etcher, considered to be the progenitor of the style of Cape Impressionism.

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Pionier Museum

Pionier Opelug Museum (Afrikaans for the Pioneer Open-air Museum), is a cultural and "living" museum in the eastern suburbs of Pretoria that reflects the lifestyle of early pioneers or "Voortrekkers" of the early 19th century.

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Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading.

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Polokwane

Polokwane (meaning "Place of Safety" in Northern Sotho City of Polokwane official website. Retrieved on October 15, 2009.), also known by its former name, Pietersburg, is the capital of the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

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Postmodern architecture

Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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Potchefstroom

Potchefstroom is an academic city in the North-West Province of South Africa.

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Premier Soccer League

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is a national sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in South Africa - the South African Premier Division and National First Division.

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Pretoria Art Museum

The Pretoria Art Museum is an art gallery located in Arcadia, Pretoria in South Africa.

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Pretoria Boys High School

Pretoria Boys High School, also known as Boys High, is a public, tuition charging, English medium boys high school located in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner.

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Pretoria City Hall

Pretoria City Hall is a large building in Pretoria city centre, South Africa, which was built in 1931 and inaugurated in 1935 in order to celebrate the city-status of Pretoria obtained in 1931.

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Pretoria Convention

The Pretoria Convention was the peace treaty that ended the First Boer War (16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881) between the Transvaal Boers and the United Kingdom. The treaty was signed in Pretoria on 3 August 1881, but was subject to ratification by the Volksraad within 3 months from the date of signature. The Volksraad first raised objections to a number of the clauses of the treaty, but did eventually ratify the version signed in Pretoria, after Britain refused any further concessions or changes to the treaty. British preparation work for the Pretoria Convention of 1881 was done at Newcastle. Under this agreement, the South African Republic regained self-government under nominal British suzerainty. This Convention was superseded in 1884 by the London Convention.

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Pretoria Forts

The Pretoria Forts consists of four forts built by the government of the South African Republic (ZAR) just before the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War around their capital of Pretoria.

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Pretoria High School for Girls

Pretoria High School for Girls, or PHSG, is a public, fee charging, English medium high school for girls located in Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Pretoria Muslim School

The Pretoria Muslim School also now known as the Tshwane Muslim School is located in Laudium.

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Pretoria National Botanical Garden

The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is one of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens.

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Pretoria News

Pretoria News is a daily newspaper established in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1898.

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Pretoria railway station

Pretoria railway station is the central station in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa.

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Pretoria Regiment

The Pretoria Regiment is an armoured regiment of the South African Army.

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Pretoria Secondary School

Pretoria Secondary School is a public, English-speaking high school in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Pretoria Wireless Users Group

Pretoria Wireless Users Group is a South African wireless users group.

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Pretoria Zoo

The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (also informally known as The Pretoria Zoo) is an zoo located in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Pro Arte Alphen Park

Pro Arte Alphen Park is a bilingual high school in the eastern part of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities.

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R101 (South Africa)

The R101 is a regional road in South Africa that is the designation for old sections of road that were previously the N1, prior to upgrading.

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R104 (South Africa)

The R104 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Pretoria with Middelburg,_Mpumalanga via Bronkhorstspruit & Witbank.

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R114 (South Africa)

The R114 is a regional route in Gauteng, South Africa that runs from Krugersdorp to Centurion.

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R21 (South Africa)

The R21 / P157 is a major north-south provincial route (with a freeway portion designated as a National Road) in eastern Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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R50 (South Africa)

The R50 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Pretoria with Standerton via Delmas.

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R511 (South Africa)

The R511 is a Regional Route in South Africa.

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R513 (South Africa)

The R513 is a Regional Route in South Africa.

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R514 (South Africa)

The R514 is a Regional Route in South Africa.

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R55 (South Africa)

The R55 is a north-south provincial route in South Africa that connects Pretoria with Sandton, and is also designated as the P66-1 and K71 (newly constructed dual carriageway sections) by the Gauteng Provincial Government.

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R566 (South Africa)

The R566 is a Regional Route in South Africa.

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R573 (South Africa)

The R573 is a Regional Route in South Africa.

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R80 (South Africa)

The R80 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects the Pretoria CBD with Soshanguve.

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Radio Pretoria

PretoriaFM is a community-based radio station in Pretoria, South Africa, whose programmes are aimed at Afrikaners.

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Randburg

Randburg is an area located in the north west of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Rietvlei Nature Reserve

The Rietvlei Nature Reserve is located in Pretoria and is about in size.

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Roelof Botha

Roelof F. Botha (born 19 September 1973) is a venture capitalist and company director.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria (Praetorien(sis)) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese and the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Pretoria in South Africa.

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Rory Byrne

Rory Byrne (born 10 January 1944) is a South African semi-retired engineer and car designer, most famous for being the chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One teams.

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Rose garden

A rose garden or rosarium is a garden or park, often open to the public, used to present and grow various types of garden roses or rose species.

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Rosebank, Gauteng

Rosebank is a cosmopolitan commercial and residential suburb to the north of central Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Rovos Rail

Rovos Rail is a private railway company operating out of Capital Park Station in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rustenburg

Rustenburg (Afrikaans and Dutch: Town of Rest) is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in North West Province of South Africa.

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Sammy Marks

Samuel Marks, better known as Sammy Marks (11 July 1844 – 18 February 1920), was a Lithuanian-born South African industrialist and financier.

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Sand River Convention

The Sand River Convention was a convention whereby Great Britain formally recognised the independence of the South African Republic.

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Sandton

Sandton is an affluent area situated in the Johannesburg Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa.

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Seether

Seether are a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Sentech

Sentech is the signal distributor for the South African broadcasting sector.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in Christian and Jewish calendars, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Siyabuswa

Siyabuswa is a town (also informally defined as a township) in the countryside of the South African province of Mpumalanga (a region formerly called Eastern Transvaal).

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SolarCity

SolarCity Corporation is a subsidiary of Tesla, Inc. that specializes in solar energy services and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

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Solly Msimanga

Solly Tshepiso Msimanga (born 16 July 1980) is a South African politician and the current mayor of The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality centered on the city of Pretoria.

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Soshanguve

Soshanguve is a township situated about 45 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Sotho language

Sotho (Sesotho; also known as Southern Sotho, or Southern Sesotho, Historically also Suto, or Suthu, Souto, Sisutho, Sutu, or Sesutu, according to the pronunciation of the name.) is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho-Tswana (S.30) group, spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Africa national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, Protea cynaroides, commonly known as the "king protea"), is administered by Cricket South Africa.

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South African Air Force

The South African Air Force (SAAF) is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria.

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South African Air Force Museum

The South African Air Force Museum houses exhibits and restores material related to the history of the South African Air Force.

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South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.

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South African Army Armoured Formation

The South African Army Armour Formation provides an Armour capability to the South African Army.

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South African Army Artillery Formation

The South African Army Artillery Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army artillery units.

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South African Army Infantry Formation

The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army.

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South African Broadcasting Corporation

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as 5 television broadcasts to the general public.

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South African Bureau of Standards

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is a South African statutory body that was established in terms of the Standards Act, 1945 (Act No. 24 of 1945) and continues to operate in terms of the latest edition of the Standards Act, 2008 (Act No. 29 of 2008) as the national institution for the promotion and maintenance of standardisation and quality in connection with commodities and the rendering of services.

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South African Geographical Names Council

The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) is the official government body of South Africa that advises the executive branch of the central government (in the form of the Minister of Arts and Culture) on new geographical names as well as the changing of existing geographical names.

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South African Military Health Service

The South African Military Health Service is the branch of the South African National Defence Force responsible for medical facilities and the training and deployment of all medical personnel within the force.

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South African National Defence Force

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa.

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South African Republic

The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.

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South African Reserve Bank

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa.

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South African State Theatre

The State Theatre in Pretoria, South Africa is the largest theatre complex in Africa.

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SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

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St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria

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Steve Hofmeyr

Steve Hofmeyr (born 29 August 1964) is a South African singer, songwriter, political activist, actor and TV presenter.

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Super Rugby

Super Rugby is a professional men's rugby union football competition in the Southern Hemisphere and Japan.

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SuperSport Park

SuperSport Park is a cricket ground in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.

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SuperSport United F.C.

SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.

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Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa

The Supreme Court of Appeal or SCA (formerly known as the Appellate Division) is an appellate court in South Africa.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province.

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Telephone numbers in South Africa

South Africa has switched to a closed numbering system.

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Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) was founded in 2003, and is an American multinational corporation based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in electric vehicles, lithium-ion battery energy storage and solar panel manufacturing (through the subsidiary company SolarCity).

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Thaba Tshwane

Thaba Tshwane is a military base (or military area), in Pretoria, South Africa.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), often informally known as the Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

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The Glen High School

The Glen High School is a public, English medium co-ed high school located in Waterkloof Glen, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

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Thomas Madigage

Thomas Madigage (11 November 1970 – 19 October 2012) was a South African football player and coach.

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Thulasizwe Mbuyane

Thulasizwe Mbuyane (born 13 August 1983 in Mamelodi, Gauteng) is a South African football midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Mpumalanga Black Aces and South Africa.

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Tim Modise

Timothy Molefe Modise (born 8 September 1961 in Pretoria) is a South African journalist, TV and radio presenter.

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Titans (cricket team)

The Titans (known as the MultiplyTitans for sponsorship reasons) are the northernmost top-level cricket franchise in South Africa.

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Tony Maggs

Anthony Francis O'Connell Maggs (9 February 1937 in Pretoria, South Africa – 2 June 2009) was a racing driver from South Africa.

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Transvaal (province)

The Province of the Transvaal (Provinsie van die Transvaal), commonly referred to as the Transvaal, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until the end of apartheid in 1994, when a new constitution subdivided it.

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Transvaal Museum

The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, colloquially the Transvaal Museum, is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Transvaal University College

Transvaal University College was a multi-campus public research university in South Africa which gave rise to the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria.

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Transvaalse Staatsartillerie

The Transvaalse Staatsartillerie (Afrikaans for Transvaal State Artillery) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army.

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Treaty of Vereeniging

The Treaty of Vereeniging (commonly referred to as Peace of Vereeniging) was the peace treaty, signed on 31 May 1902, that ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Republic of the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other.

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Tshwane University of Technology

Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria.

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Tsonga language

Tsonga (Xitsonga) is a southern African Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people.

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Tsotsitaal and Camtho

Tsotsitaals are a variety of mixed languages mainly spoken in the townships of Gauteng province (such as Soweto), but also in other agglomerations all over South Africa.

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Tswana language

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Tuks FM

Tuks FM is the radio station of the University of Pretoria and one of South Africa's community broadcasters.

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Union Buildings

The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika, Unie van Suid-Afrika) is the historic predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria (Universiteit van Pretoria, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.

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University of Pretoria F.C.

University of Pretoria Football Club, also known as Tuks FC, is a South African association football club based in the Hatfield suburb of Pretoria that represents the University of Pretoria.

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University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science

The Faculty of Veterinary Science is a faculty of the University of Pretoria.

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University of South Africa

The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the largest university on the African continent and attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa.

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University of the Cape of Good Hope

The University of the Cape of Good Hope, renamed the University of South Africa in 1916, was created when the Molteno government passed Act 16 of 1873 in the Cape of Good Hope Parliament.

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Van Tilburg Collection

The Van Tilburg Collection is a permanent museum that comprises 17th and 18th century furniture, paintings, Delft ceramics and other works of art, and includes the largest South African collection of Chinese ceramic objects.

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Van Wouw Museum

The Van Wouw Museum, housed in Anton Van Wouw's last residence, a Dutch national monument.

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Veterinary education

Veterinary education is the tertiary education of veterinarians.

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Vocation

A vocation is an occupation to which a person is specially drawn or for which they are suited, trained, or qualified.

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Voortrekker Monument

The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa.

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Voortrekkers

The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, or "pathfinders" or "fore-trekkers") were Boer pastoralists from the frontiers of the Cape Colony who migrated eastwards during the Great Trek.

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Vusi Mahlasela

Vusi Sidney Mahlasela Ka Zwane (born 1965 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a Sotho South African singer-songwriter.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans descended from any of the white racial groups of Europe and the Levant who regard themselves, or are not regarded as, not being part of another racial group (for example, as Coloureds).

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Willowridge High School (Pretoria)

Willowridge High School, is a public, English medium co-ed high school located in Die Wilgers, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

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Wim Botha

Wim Botha (born 1974) is a South-African, contemporary artist.

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Witbank

Witbank, renamed eMalahleni in 2006 is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the eMalahleni Local Municipality.

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Wonderboom Airport

Wonderboom Airport, is located north of Pretoria, South Africa.

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Wonderboom Nature Reserve

The Wonderboom Nature Reserve is a 1 km² reserve that incorporates a section of the Magaliesberg range in the northern portion of the Pretoria metropole, South Africa.

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Woodlands Boulevard

Woodlands Boulevard is a 71 000 m² shopping centre and is located at the corner of Garsfontein Rd and De Villebois Mareuil Drive, in Pretoria East.

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Wrapped (magazine)

Wrapped is an alternative lifestyle magazine from Africa that caters for the entire LGBT community and is not gender-dominated.

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Zulu people

The Zulu (amaZulu) are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa and the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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18 Light Regiment

18 Light Regiment is an airborne artillery regiment of the South African Artillery and a former regimental unit within 44 Parachute Brigade.

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1995 Rugby World Cup

The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup.

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2003 Cricket World Cup

The 2003 Cricket World Cup (known officially as ICC Cricket World Cup 2003) was the eighth Cricket World Cup, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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2007 ICC World Twenty20

The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007.

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2007 Super 14 season

The 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January.

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2008–09 Premier Soccer League

The 2008–09 Premier Soccer League season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth since its establishment.

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2009 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October, at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Gauteng province.

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2009 Indian Premier League

The 2009 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL, was the second season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007.

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2009 Super 14 season

The 2009 Super 14 season kicked off in February 2009 with pre-season matches held from mid-January.

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2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.

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2010 Super 14 season

The 2010 Super 14 season kicked off in February 2010 with pre-season matches held from mid-January.

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References

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