Area Profiles

As a whole, Pretoria is well loved for its range of old buildings and diverse architectural styles. It is an urban landscape characterised on the one hand by large industrial enterprises and corporates, and by luxurious residences and a homely atmosphere on the other. It is also South Africa's administrative capital, and the jacaranda flowers which carpet the streets of Pretoria in springtime have become an icon of a city that is well known as being a great place to live. Thanks to the high-calibre research being carried out at the University of Pretoria and Tshwane University of Technology, as well as the fact that the city is home to the South African Bureau of...