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Pretoria

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Pretoria, an American schooner barge, was one of the largest wooden ships ever constructed. She was 103 meters (338 ft) long, had a beam of 13.4 meters (44 ft), and 7 meters (23 ft) in depth. She was built by James Davidson in West Bay City, Michigan, for use on the Great Lakes.

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“A doctor in rural South Africa describes his frustration. He says, "We have no medicines. Many hospitals tell people, you've got AIDS, we can't help you. Go home and die." In an age of miraculous medicines, no person should have to hear those words.”
— George W. Bush, State of the Union (28 January 2003)
“South Africa’s religious communities deserve better than a regulatory system that treats them as subjects rather than partners. Professor Xulu’s resignation, whatever one thinks of his approach, serves as a reminder that the first casualty of overreach is always the freedom to speak, to dissent, and to govern one’s own faith without fear of bureaucratic retribution.”
— Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė, "South Africa: The Return of the Would-Be Religious Police", Bitter Winter (January 29, 2026)
“When [ Nelson Mandela] was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid no longer exists, at least to all appearances, but no one understands what the new government in South Africa is doing.”
— Mengistu Haile Mariam, As quoted in Riccardo Orizio, Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, (Walker and Company, 2003), p. 148
“We have never had a superhero that looks like us and speaks like us and shares the same experiences and environment as us. Comic books in South Africa are still at crawling stage. The market hasn’t been tapped into and activated. As someone who is passionate about comics and the power of comics, I see it as a challenge to overcome.”
— Loyiso Mkize, "African Comics The Pack Kwezi" (27 January 2012), Dailydot
“SA, long regarded as the gateway to Africa, suffers from reputational damage due to the high crime rate (including high-profile murders), the finance minister fiasco, parliamentary shenanigans and chicanery by President Jacob Zuma over payment for upgrades at his Nkandla home.”
— Morné Mostert, "Africa does not have just one tale to tell" (25 May 2016), Business Day Live, Zimbabwe
“the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had started “seizing land from his own citizens without compensation because they are the wrong skin colour””
— Donald Trump's land seizures tweet sparks anger in South Africa (23 Aug 2018)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“A doctor in rural South Africa describes his frustration. He says, "We have no medicines. Many hospitals tell people, you've got AIDS, we can't help you. Go home and die." In an age of miraculous medicines, no person should have to hear those words.”
— George W. Bush, State of the Union (28 January 2003)
“South Africa’s religious communities deserve better than a regulatory system that treats them as subjects rather than partners. Professor Xulu’s resignation, whatever one thinks of his approach, serves as a reminder that the first casualty of overreach is always the freedom to speak, to dissent, and to govern one’s own faith without fear of bureaucratic retribution.”
— Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė, "South Africa: The Return of the Would-Be Religious Police", Bitter Winter (January 29, 2026)
“When [ Nelson Mandela] was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid no longer exists, at least to all appearances, but no one understands what the new government in South Africa is doing.”
— Mengistu Haile Mariam, As quoted in Riccardo Orizio, Talk of the Devil: Encounters with Seven Dictators, (Walker and Company, 2003), p. 148
“We have never had a superhero that looks like us and speaks like us and shares the same experiences and environment as us. Comic books in South Africa are still at crawling stage. The market hasn’t been tapped into and activated. As someone who is passionate about comics and the power of comics, I see it as a challenge to overcome.”
— Loyiso Mkize, "African Comics The Pack Kwezi" (27 January 2012), Dailydot
“SA, long regarded as the gateway to Africa, suffers from reputational damage due to the high crime rate (including high-profile murders), the finance minister fiasco, parliamentary shenanigans and chicanery by President Jacob Zuma over payment for upgrades at his Nkandla home.”
— Morné Mostert, "Africa does not have just one tale to tell" (25 May 2016), Business Day Live, Zimbabwe
“the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had started “seizing land from his own citizens without compensation because they are the wrong skin colour””
— Donald Trump's land seizures tweet sparks anger in South Africa (23 Aug 2018)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.