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He was also Pretoria's first magistrate and was responsible for the layout of the city. During this period he sold his land to Stephanus Jacobus Meintjies (1819–1887), after whom the hill is named. In 1909 Herbert Baker was commissioned to design the Government Building of the Union of South Africa (which was formed on 31 May 1910) in ...
Melrose House, 275 Jacob Mare Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria This historic house is situated at No 275 Jacob Mare Street, opposite Burger’s Park. The part of Pretoria in the neighbourhood of Burger’s Park developed into the really fashionable area of the town in the 1880s. Here were the houses, for example, of G. Type of site: House.
The airport would initially be able to cope with 450 departing and 400 incoming passengers per hour. It is believed that there is a market for passenger service, mainly Pretoria residents that do not wish to commute to OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg; an estimated 25%-30% of passengers using O.R. Tambo are Pretoria residents.
Map of South Africa. This is a list of airports in South Africa, grouped by type and sorted by location. Most of the largest airports are owned by the Airports Company of South Africa these include all the international airports except for Lanseria International Airport which is privately owned. Most other public airports are owned by local ...
Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), [1] is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that ...
Map of Tshwane, showing location of Pretoria, 2006 View of Pretoria, 2008. 2001 Website Tshwane.gov.za launched. [22] 2002 30 July: Pretoria Accord signed in Pretoria. It was an agreement made between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in an attempt to bring about an end to the Second Congo War. 2004
The Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History is housed in the old South African Mint building. [1] The museum was amalgamated with the Pretoria-based Transvaal Museum for Natural History (now the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History and the Johannesburg-based South African National Museum of Military History on 1 April 1999 to form the Northern Flagship Institution (NFI).
The fittingly named 1848 House is the main building of the complex and was built in 1848 by early Voortrekker pioneers using traditional methods, it is the oldest man made structure still standing in the city of Pretoria. According to the website the house's specifications are: "The house was built of clay and local materials, with a thatched ...