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Café Riche is one of the oldest restaurants in Pretoria. The building was designed in the Art Nouveau style popular in Europe from 1894 to 1914. The stone owl on the concrete pedestal was created by Charles Marega as well as a relief artwork of 'Mercurius,' the work of Van Wouw.
Mozambique's largest higher education institution is the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane which was established in 1968 as the Universidade de Lourenço Marques. Most of the universities faculties and departments are located in the city of Maputo with nearly 8,000 students attending 10 faculties.
The cuisine of Mozambique has deeply been influenced by the Portuguese, who introduced new crops, flavorings, and cooking methods. [1] The staple food for many Mozambicans is xima (chi-mah), a thick porridge made from maize/corn flour .
In 1895, construction of a railroad to Pretoria, South Africa, caused the city's population to grow. [19] In 1898, Lourenço Marques replaced the Island of Mozambique as the capital of Portuguese Mozambique. [19] [22] In 1891, a Portuguese politician, António José Enes, succeeded Júlio de Vilhena as High Commissioner of Mozambique. [5]
Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa.It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, the city lies about 110 km (68 mi) by road west of the Mozambique border, 330 km (210 mi) east of Johannesburg and 82 km (51 mi) north of the Eswatini border.
Pretoria Sotho (called Sepitori by its speakers) [34] is the urban lingua franca of Pretoria and the Tshwane metropolitan area in South Africa. It is a combination of Tswana and Northern Sotho (Pedi), with influences from Tsotsitaal and other black South African languages. It is a creole language that developed in the city during the years of ...
Pretoria–Maputo railway, also called Delagoa Bay railway, Iron railway and Eastern railway, is a railway that connects the city of Maputo, Mozambique, to the city of Pretoria, in South Africa. It is 567 km long, in 1067 mm gauge . [ 1 ]
On 1 March 1890, Mozambique's first railway line was opened between Lourenço Marques and Ressano Garcia. [1] Only in 1895 did operations commence on the rest of the line, across the border to Pretoria, as the Delagoa Bay Railway.