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...statement that "indisputable historical evidence that Jesus Christ, or any of the biblical prophets, truly existed is something that eludes religious scholars." In an article on Jesus Christ, the Encyclopaedia Britannica mentions that in 1st century Roman and Jewish sources there are a number of references to Jesus. Pieter Pretorius, KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA...
...that the change would be costly and, according to a petition drawn up by students at the University of Pretoria, "show contempt for history." But a name change, says the mayor, is backed by many of Pretoria's black residents, who resent living in a city named for Andries Pretorius, a leader of the Afrikaners' march of settlement. Here's a look at other South African places where new names have been adopted or proposed. - By Simon Robinson...
...North West province. Police say a meeting of the Farmers' Force, the right-wing splinter group suspected of being behind the plot, was planned in the area. But the gathering was called off when members learned that the police were on to them. A local Afrikaans physician, Lets Pretorius, was arrested - the truck was registered in his name - for alleged contravention of the Internal Security Act. Police began their roundup of right-wingers earlier this year. Months of undercover investigation led to the discovery of the Farmers' Force's written plans for an armed coup. The plans - entitled Document...
Dingaan's treachery was soon punished. Later that year, on Dec. 16, 1838, on the banks of Natal's Blood River, another Voortrekker column, headed by Boer Leader Andries Pretorius, bloodily defeated Dingaan's plume-decked, assagai-hurling horde. Of 12,000 Zulus, more than 3,000 perished. The Boers resolved ever after to celebrate Dec. 16 as a day of thanksgiving...
Elephants for a Fee. It was by hunting that Pretorius made his living and his legendary reputation. His lifetime bag for elephants alone was 557; and after one six-month safari his take for ivory was worth ?3,600. Once when hundreds of rogue elephants ran wild in Cape Province, killing people and destroying property, the administrator of the province asked Pretorius to take on the job of extermination. Naturalist Sir Harry Johnson and two famous hunters had already given their opinions: the terrain and the danger made it impossible. "For a satisfactory fee" Pretorius went into the bush...