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South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007. At that time, it became mandatory to dial the full 10-digit telephone number, including the zero in the three-digit area code, for local calls (e.g., 011 must be dialed from within Johannesburg).
Tshwane sign, with the former logo depicting the Union Buildings in Pretoria, with slogan "We are the same" (photo 2005).. The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane; Afrikaans: Stad Tshwane Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit; Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Toropokgolo ya Tshwane), also known as the City of Tshwane (/ t s w ɑː n ɪ /), is the ...
Holy Cross Hospital Humansdorp Hospital ... Tafalofefe Hospital (near Butterworth) ... The Weskoppies Hospital in Pretoria. Pretoria.
Marabastad (also called Asiatic Bazaar or Location) is a business area to the west of the city centre of Pretoria, South Africa. The original Maraba Village, situated just to the south of the present Marabastad, was founded and ruled by the Ndebele Chief Maraba. The name Marabastad is the Afrikaans word meaning Maraba's Town.
Green Cross International was founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, [3] building upon the work started by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [4] On 6 June 1992, the Rio Earth Summit delegates asked Gorbachev to establish Green Cross International, and around the same time, Swiss National Council MP Roland ...
Though not in the centre of Pretoria, the Union Buildings occupy the highest point of Pretoria, and constitute a South African national heritage site. [4] [5] The Buildings are one of the centres of political life in South Africa; "The Buildings" and "Arcadia" have become metonyms for the South African government. It has become an iconic ...
Greencross is an Australian pet care company. It operates the Petbarn, City Farmers and Greencross Vets chains in Australia. It jointly owns the Animates chain in New Zealand with EBOS Group.
The Blue Train is a luxury train that travels an approximately 1,600-kilometre (990 mi) journey in South Africa, between Pretoria and Cape Town. [1] It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world.