Pretoria in a sentence

Unemployed graduates from Kwa-Zulu Natal and Pretoria sing as they gather at Burgers Park before marching to the Union Buildings on November 06, 2018 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Based on a true story, the breakout tale ‘Escape From Pretoria’ is drawn from Tim Jenkin’s account of his dramatic escape from the notorious Pretoria Maximum Security Prison with his friend Stephen Lee in 1979.

After some weeks in exposed areas, he accompanied a scouting expedition in an armoured train, leading to his capture and imprisonment in a POW camp in Pretoria (converted school building for Pretoria High School for Girls ).

A number of chambers of commerce exist for Pretoria and its business community including Pretoriaweb a business networking group that meets once a month to discuss the issues of doing business in Pretoria.

Before the war, the Boers had constructed several forts south of Pretoria, but the artillery had been removed from the forts for use in the field, and in the event they abandoned Pretoria without a fight.

Paper The city is serviced by a variety of printed publications namely; Pretoria News is a daily newspaper established in Pretoria in 1898.

Pretoria's Indians were ordered to move from Pretoria to Laudium on 6 June 1958.

Activists picket against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa in April.

A delegation from China’s Nanjing Audit University recently visited the University of Pretoria (UP) as part of a long-standing partnership established in 2009 with UP's Department of Auditing in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS).

Afrihost, Cool Ideas, Mind The Speed, and Mweb have all updated their status pages to reflect the outage, indicating that it affects customers in Pretoria, Centurion, Johannesburg, and parts of the Free State.

A general view of plants on June 23, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa.

A heavy police presence was also noted in the capital, Pretoria, where police have been deployed to monitor any potential violence and intimidation against people who are not participating in the protest.

ANC leaders, including the head of the party in Gauteng province, Panyaza Lesufi, and first deputy secretary general Nomvula Mokonyane led the protesters through the streets of Pretoria.

Bosman started singing in church and theatres, but a scholarship to study opera at the then-Pretoria Technikon (now Tshwane University of Technology) was crucial in her development as an artist.

But Stormers assistant coach Norman Laker doesn’t believe that they are favourites and admits they are set to face a different team in Pretoria.

During his visit to the Republic of South Africa, Minister Çavuşoğlu will officially inaugurate the Turkish Consulate General in Cape Town on 9 January, and will hold official meetings in Pretoria on 10 January.

From there, Makwarela’s position weakened rapidly, following a terse letter from Tumelo Ledwaba, the chief registrar of the High Court in Pretoria, who confirmed “the document purporting to be an order issued by this court was never issued in our court”.

Gauteng hospitals have recently seen two resignations and one retirement, with the CEOs of Thembisa and Pretoria West hospitals on suspension.

He said Washington was clear in expressing the seriousness of its concerns to Pretoria.

However, breaking the news, the Malawi High Commission in Pretoria posted on its Facebook page saying SAA authorities and the Government of Malawi engaged in series of negotiations where it was resolved that the flights to Malawi should resume in March.