- ‘She was a bubbly and fun person’: SA man in UK charged with wife’s murder: A former South African Navy employee has been arrested in the UK for his wife’s murder. Greater Manchester police arrested Aubrey Padi, 46, from Pretoria, last week after his wife Tamara, who is also …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- The ‘black history’ of Kruger Park: Jacob Dlamini shines new light on an unexplored stratum in the many-layered history of SA in his social history, shortlisted for the Sunday Times CNA nonfiction prize.. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- South Africa’s leaders fear fresh wave of violence by Zuma loyalists: Attacks by supporters of jailed former president ‘are bid for pardon or to unseat government’ …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- Bulls fight back to edge out South Africa ‘A’: Bulls fly-half Chris Smith landed a late penalty which sealed a 17-14 win for his team in Saturday’s clash with South Africa ‘A’ in Cape Town.. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- Massive power outage in Pretoria on Sunday night: The north east parts of the City of Tshwane has been plunged into darknessThe city tweeted on Sunday night that a q32kV outage is affect …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- From pandemic crisis to a better South Africa: The time has come for radical reforms that unleash the potential of all South Africans to create small businesses and jobs, and for the government to fix the education, health and other essential syst …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
- Bok coach: We got answers to important questions: Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has expressed his disappointment in the 17-14 defeat South Africa A suffered by the Bulls at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. saying the result did matter in the bigger …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
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15. The Union Buildings took 4 years to construct: The Union Buildings (which were designed by Sir Herbert Baker) was constructed between 1909 and 1913. It took approximately 1265 artisans, workmen and labourers to construct, using 14 million bricks for the interior office walls, half a million cubic feet of freestone, 74,000 cubic yards of concrete, 40,000 bags of cement and 20,000 cubic feet of granite. At the time of completion it was the largest building in the country and possibly the largest building work undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere at that time. The 9m tall statue of Nelson Mandela (which was errected in December 2013) cost R8 million and weighs 3.5 tons.
