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The Union Buildings are the site of presidential inaugurations. The official offices of the president are on the left-hand side of the Union Buildings, and the South African national flag is flown on the left-hand side if the president is in office. [11] The Buildings are divided into three sections; the left offices, amphitheatre, and right ...
The Nelson Mandela statue on the Union Buildings grounds, Pretoria, Gauteng, of former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, stands 9 metres tall. The statue was unveiled on the Day of Reconciliation (16 December) 2013, bringing the official mourning period of ten days to a close, after Mandela died on 5 December ...
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Union Buildings Meintjeskop is a hill in Pretoria on which the Union Buildings ( die Uniegebou(e) in Afrikaans) were constructed. Marthinus Wessel Pretorius , later to become first president of the Transvaal Republic , was the original owner of the farm 'Elandsfontein' on which Meintjeskop stands.
Pretoria Metal Pressing Pta West - WF Nkomo street (previously Church west street), Pretoria West. [ note 5 ] [ 30 ] Denel Land Systems Lyttelton - 368 Selborne Ave, Lyttelton, Centurion. 25°48′50.73″S 28°11′44.56″E / 25.8140917°S 28.1957111°E / -25.8140917; 28.1957111
[1] The memorial features plates inscribed with the names of the deceased, and it is located across from an amphitheatre that hosts an annual memorial service to commemorate South African police officers killed in the line of duty. [2] [3] The plaque reads as follows:
Bank of England; India House; Glyn, Mills & Co.; South Africa House; Monteviot House; [1] [2] Union Buildings, Pretoria; St John's College, Johannesburg; State House, Nairobi 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 ...
The Transvaal Museum was established in 1892 in the upper floor of Ou Raadsaal, but was soon moved to a separate location when the room was deemed too small for the collection. [2] In 1902, the South African Republic was annexed by the United Kingdom after its defeat in the Second Boer War , abolishing the Volksraad, and the Ou Raadsaal became ...