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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. Jan 14, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Pretoria - Institutional Repository - Pretoria Historical Context (PDF). Jun 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Pretoria, South Africa. May 01, 2022
Add new Web site: South Africa Explore - The City of Pretoria, Gauteng. Feb 14, 2021
Corrected display issue. Mar 01, 2019
Add new Web site: South African History Online - Pretoria, now known as Tshwane. Feb 21, 2019
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Pretoria, South Africa. Feb 20, 2019
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Pretoria, South Africa. Apr 25, 2014
Media added. Mar 31, 2011
City locator map and photos of Voortrekker Monument and monuments to Andries Pretorius and his son Marthinus. Nov 23, 2009
Media added. Aug 14, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Pretoria. Jul 03, 2008
Article revised and updated. Apr 27, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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