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The Pretoria Convention was the peace treaty that ended the First Boer War (16 December 1880 to 23 March 1881) between the Transvaal Boers and Great Britain. The treaty was signed in Pretoria on 3 August 1881, but was subject to ratification by the Volksraad within 3 months from the date of signature. The Volksraad first raised objections to a ...
The Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement, commonly called the Pretoria Agreement [A] or the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA), is a peace treaty between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that was signed 2 November 2022, wherein both parties agreed to a "permanent cessation of hostilities" to end the Tigray War.
The apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution of 1996; and in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, won by the African National Congress ...
The First Boer War ( Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally " First Freedom War "), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). [1] The war resulted in a Boer victory and eventual independence of the ...
Pretoria peace agreement may refer to: Pretoria Convention (1880–1881): treaty that ended the First Boer War. Treaty of Vereeniging (1902): signed in Pretoria; ended the Second Boer War. Pretoria Accord (2002): agreement that aimed to end the Second Congo War. Pretoria Agreement (2005): treaty to end the First Ivorian Civil War.
Pretoria Sotho (called Sepitori by its speakers) [33] 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.
16 December: Outbreak of the First Boer War. December: The city is besieged by Transvaal Republican forces. 1881. March: The city is once again besieged by Transvaal Republican forces. 3 August: Pretoria Convention peace treaty signed ending the First Boer War.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR) is a South African scientific research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its campus in Pretoria. [3] It is Africa's largest research and development organisation and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D ...