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Know your City. History of Pretoria In 1855, Pretoria was founded by Marthinus Pretorius, a Voortrekker leader. His intention was to name it after his father, Andries, who was instrumental in the Voortrekker victory over the Zulus in the monumental Battle of Blood River. It took some time to settle on a name for the new town though, options like Pretoriusdorp, Pretorium, Pretoriusstad and Pretoria-Philadelphia were all considered, but Marthinus finally settled on Pretoria. Today the area has been renamed the City of Tshwane, but the CBD still keeps the name of Pretoria. Pretoria continues as the administrative capital of South Africa.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 09:15:49 +0000

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