Jacaranda City…Jakaranda Stad!

30/09/2007 by Nikita

Pretoria is the Capital of South Africa. One of 3 capitals actually! Cape Town and Bloemfontein are the other 2 Capitals of South Africa. Pretoria is the Admin Capital. The President’s Office is settled in the Union Buildings in Pretoria and for 6 months he spends his time in his office while the other 6 months, he’s in Cape Town in the Parliament! The Parliament is settled in Cape Town. Read more HERE on Wikipedia about Pretoria.

On THIS LINK on my blog, you can read more and see more pictures about Pretoria.

IT IS OCTOBER! and I can imagine….Pretoria…what you look like! Purple Jacarandas everywhere! You can’t hide yourself! This is the time when students are busy preparing for end-of-year exams…and…when they fall in love! I can remember how the men would come and visit with a bit of a Jacaranda branch! And..how you would go for a walk, bare feet…just to step on those blossoms and get your feet purple!

En jy dan ook saamstem met Louis Leipoldt se gedig…. hier..: OKTOBER MAAND! …

Thunder…in the city!

South Africa’s Reserve Bank in Pretoria, the Capital City

Pretoria: Union Buildings

Pretoria: The Voortrekker Monument – build in 1938 – The Great Trek was in 1838.

Image: fotothing.com

Downtown Pretoria…image: pbase.com

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10 Responses

on 01/10/2007 at 00:44 Tony

i love purple !! Beautiful images!!
on 01/10/2007 at 14:52 Boer

Nou laat jy my darem baie ver en lekker terugverlang!
on 02/10/2007 at 12:14 Nikita

Hi Tony….glad you like it!! Hi julle…ja, ek mis die ou plekkie nogal!!
on 02/10/2007 at 19:58 My Kop Op 'n Blok!

Ek hou ook baie van daardie liedjie. (Is dit deur Valiant Swart geskryf?) En natuurlik Koos Doep se “Pretoria, Jakarandastad”. Ek was self ‘n jaar op Tukkies – toe val die Jakarandabloeisel op my kop voordat ek begin blok het…
on 02/10/2007 at 23:01 Nikita

en toe kry jy ‘n onderskeiding! 🙂 ek sal moet kyk op die cd wie hom geskryf het! gelukkig het ek die cd hier…
on 24/03/2008 at 23:03 Pretoria is Pretoria « Chessalee

[…] THIS LINK you can see pics of Pretoria and pics about the roads…and on THIS LINK you can see why it’s also called the Jacaranda City…and Pretoria is one of 3 capitals of […]
on 01/08/2008 at 16:28 Holiday…Pretoria « Chessalee

[…] Zoo WEBSITE here. Click on this link to see beautiful pics and a video about Pretoria….https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/ […]
on 01/10/2008 at 07:13 Oktobermaand…Leipoldt « Chessalee

[…] post from 1 October 2007…It’s the 1st of October and on the top image you can see what Pretoria, the capital city usually looks like during October! On this link you can see more […]
on 01/10/2008 at 15:43 annerkant

Hi Nikita, maak my sommer bly ek is nog hier. Dit is nog bietjie vroeg en droog vir die pers om behoorlik te begin, maar ek sien sommer nou uit. ‘n Mens moet eintlik eers weer ‘n bietjie deur iemand anders se oe kyk voordat ‘n mens waardeer waar jy is. 🙂 (Jy sal nie glo nie, maar ek het vanoggend met stukkies van Leipoldt se gediggie in my kop werk toe gery. 🙂 ).
on 01/10/2008 at 18:14 Nikita

hi annerkant! dis ook as mens weg is van die plek dan besef jy wat jy mis! 🙂
Leipoldt was een van ons goeie digters!