Church Square Pretoria

... to walk around unworried at the attention a single wihte female would attract. There goes Mr. Pretorius - we whizzed past Church Square - a former lovely city landmark, and reason for the festival last weekend, now approached with care even by the ...

... !' Bloody hell! No wonder we were slightly conspicuous, this was about as controversial as it could get in Pretoria. In many parts of South Africa, places have been renamed as part of an overall shake-up since democracy in 1994. However, when it ...

... with pool tables, both doors open so you could see straight through) 3, Dickies Best Boys (suit shop) And so I found myself at Church Square, home to Mr. Pretorius, city prominent. Little did I realise as I entered the crush that it is a one way ...

... and well dressed polite English gentleman. Central Pretoria is a beautiful mixture of modern and old architecture. The crowning jewel is Church Square, the heart of the city, a well manicured green square, with a statue of Paul Kruger in the middle ...

... weeks in Pretoria, the company's management were extremely gracious hosts and guides. We visited downtown Pretoria, the local government buildings of Church Square, and the grand Union Buildings, which house the country's government for half the year. ...

... in Pretoria, we decided to hire a taxi for an hour or so and we drove around a bit and saw the Union Buildings and the Church Square. It was a very short visit but a nice one, the views at the Union Buildings were great and it was nice to see the city ...

... today on a combi (like a shared minibus), of which I was advised to be very observant and careful, and visited Church Square, which includes a small park monument to Paul Kruger (President around 1904), the Palace of Justice (where Nelson Mandela was ...

... on Georgia Avenue through Howard University.  School is about to re-open next week.  We ate our packed lunch in Church Square which is surrounded by enormous  city buildings and a garden with loads of other office workers.   ...

... old name crossed out by a red line. It would be interesting to see how long the old names stay. The city's dead center, Church Square, still has the Paul Kruger statue with the Afrikaaner heroes underneath him. It did not seem to us that they have any ...

... avoided- not sure what they are talking about because the hotel is central and great. We started on our Pretoria adventure today with a walk to Church Square- the main square with a number of older buildings and monuments- very nice!  From there we ...