{"id":51314,"date":"2014-05-06T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/africa\/seychelles\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings-south-africa"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:48:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:48:35","slug":"pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings","title":{"rendered":"Pretoria &#8211; Nelson Mandela Statue &#038; Union Buildings (South Africa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 4 eventful days <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/travel-reports\/kruger-n-p\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">in Kruger National Park,<\/a> we went first to <strong>Pretoria<\/strong>, the capital of South Africa. The climate here is subtropical and the sun shines on an average of 300 days a year. The city has about 750,000 inhabitants and has one of the leading university cities in South Africa. The University of Pretoria and UNISA (University of South Africa) is an all-national university and one of the largest remote universities in the world with over 250,000 students.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy\" alt=Pretoria header image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-800x200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-400x100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-200x50.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-headerbild-100x25.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings\/#the-capital-pretoria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The capital Pretoria<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings\/#all-travelogues-from-south-africa-zimbabwe\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">All travelogues from South Africa &#038; Zimbabwe<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-capital-pretoria\"><\/span>The capital Pretoria<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Pretoria we took a quick look at the Union Buildings government building, which is the seat of government in South Africa from July to December. From January to June, however, the South African Parliament meets in Cape Town. The complex was built between 1910 and 1913 and is about 275 metres long. In May 1994, the first black president of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, was sworn in here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-fd75c75168613f96341ace854a05e81e jig-preset-global jig-source-wp-gallery\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-02.jpg\" title=\"Union Buildings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-02-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Union Buildings<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-03.jpg\" title=\"Union Buildings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-03-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Union Buildings<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-04.jpg\" title=\"Union Buildings Gardens\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-04-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings Gardens\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Union Buildings Gardens<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-05.jpg\" title=\"Union Buildings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-05-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Union Buildings<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-06.jpg\" title=\"Nelson Mandela Statue, Union Buildings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-06-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela Statue, Union Buildings\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Nelson Mandela Statue, Union Buildings<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/suedafrika\/pretoria-07.jpg\" title=\"Bronze sculpture of Nelson Mandela\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" 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data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/travel-planning-south-africa-zambia-zimbabwe\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Travel planning for South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe (Africa)<\/a> (S\u00fcdafrika)<br>\r\nDay 02 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-town-victoria-alfred-waterfront\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Town \u2013 The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 03 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-town-colourful-district-of-bo-kaap\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Town \u2013 The colourful district of Bo-Kaap (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 04 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-town-table-mountain-signal-hill-noon-gun\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Town \u2013 Table Mountain, Signal Hill & the Noon Gun (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 05 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-town-hout-bay-chapmans-peak-drive\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Town \u2013 Hout Bay & Chapman\u2019s Peak Drive (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 06 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-of-good-hope-the-southern-tip-of-africa\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape of Good Hope \u2013 The Southern Tip of Africa (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 07 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/muizenberg-colorful-beach-houses-world-of-birds\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Muizenberg \u2013 The colorful beach houses & World of Birds (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 08 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/simons-town-penguins-at-boulders-beach\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Simons Town \u2013 The Penguins at Boulders Beach (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 08 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-town-swimming-with-sea-lions-hout-bay\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Town \u2013 Swimming with sea lions in Hout Bay (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 09 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/imhoff-farm-riding-on-the-beach-of-noordhoek\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">The Imhoff Farm \u2013 Riding on the beach of Noordhoek (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 09 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/bettys-bay-penguin-colony-at-stony-point\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Betty\u2019s Bay \u2013 The Penguin Colony at Stony Point (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 10 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/cape-agulhas-de-hoop-nature-reserve\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Cape Agulhas & De Hoop Nature Reserve (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 11 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/garden-route-gondwana-game-reserve-mossel-bay\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Garden Route \u2013 The Gondwana Game Reserve in Mossel Bay (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 12 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/gondwana-game-reserve-safari-big-five\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Gondwana Game Reserve \u2013 Safari & the Big Five (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 13 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/oudtshoorn-the-cango-wildlife-ranch\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Oudtshoorn \u2013 The Cango Wildlife Ranch (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 14 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/panorama-route-gods-window-blyde-river-canyon\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Panorama Route \u2013 God\u2019s Window & Blyde River Canyon (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 15 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/kruger-national-park-safari-lower-sabie-restcamp\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Kruger National Park \u2013 Safari & Lower Sabie Restcamp (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 16 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/kruger-national-park-safari-olifants-restcamp\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Kruger National Park \u2013 Safari & Olifants Restcamp (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 17 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/kruger-national-park-safari-shingwedzi-restcamp\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Kruger National Park \u2013 Safari & Shingwedzi Restcamp (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 18 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/kruger-national-park-safari-punda-maria-gate\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Kruger National Park \u2013 Safari & Punda Maria Gate (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 19 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Pretoria \u2013 Nelson Mandela Statue & Union Buildings (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 19 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/johannesburg-things-to-do-tourist-attractions\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Johannesburg \u2013 Tourist Attractions & Things to Do (South Africa)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 20 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/zimbabwe\/arrival-in-victoria-falls\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Victoria Falls \u2013 Arrival in the City of Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 20 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/zimbabwe\/victoria-falls-waterfall-on-the-zimbabwe-side\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Victoria Falls \u2013 The Waterfalls on the Zimbabwe Side (Zimbabwe)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 20 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/zimbabwe\/victoria-falls-boat-trip-on-the-sambesi-river\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Victoria Falls \u2013 A boat trip on the Sambesi River (Zimbabwe)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 21 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/zimbabwe\/victoria-falls-helicopter-tour-over-the-waterfalls\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Victoria Falls \u2013 A helicopter tour over the waterfalls (Zimbabwe)<\/a><br>\r\nDay 21 <i  class=\"x-icon x-icon-arrow-circle-right\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf0a9;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/zambia\/victoria-falls-waterfall-zambia-side\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Victoria Falls \u2013 The waterfalls on the Zambia side (Zambia)<\/a><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 4 eventful days in Kruger National Park, we went first to Pretoria, the capital of South Africa. The climate here is subtropical and the sun shines on an average of 300 days a year. The city has about 750,000 inhabitants and has one of the leading university cities in South Africa. The University of Pretoria and UNISA (University of South Africa) is an all-national university and one of the largest remote universities in the world with over 250,000 students.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/south-africa\/pretoria-nelson-mandela-statue-union-buildings\" class=\"more-link noicon\" title=\"Read More\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">&raquo; Read the full blog post<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3571,3542],"tags":[3544],"class_list":["post-51314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-africa","category-africa","tag-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}