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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 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 ...
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.
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.
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.
92 killed. 134 wounded. 59 captured. The Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881 was the final and decisive battle of the First Boer War that was a resounding victory for the Boers. The British Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of 26–27 February 1881. Colley's motive for occupying Majuba ...
Voortrekker Monument. / 25.77639°S 28.17750°E / -25.77639; 28.17750. The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854. It was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk .
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.