After the dreadful sufferings of the people of Southern Africa in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902 there was widespread support for the unification of the four British colonies which had been involved in the conflict – the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange...
Botanical gardens are always interesting and beautiful. The National Botanical Gardens in Pretoria are no exception, and provide a lovely setting for concerts and picnics into the bargain! The gardens are different from most in that two fairly distinct climatic...
Just north of the Magaliesberg range which thrusts into Pretoria is the Wonderboom Nature Reserve, so called because of the huge 1000-year-old Ficus (wild fig) tree growing there. When in the late 19th Century the authorities of the then Zuid Afrikaansche...
Surrounded by suburban homes and high-rise blocks of apartments in the eastern Pretoria suburb of Lynnwoood Glen lies a peaceful bird sanctuary and dam called Struben Dam. The sanctuary is home to a number of bird species while the dam is populated with carp,...
In the bustling centre of South Africa’s Capital City, Pretoria, is a beautiful botanical garden where people relax under colourful flowering trees surrounded by signs of the history of the city. Burgers Park came about as a result of the dream of...
