{"id":105329,"date":"2015-11-26T19:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=105329"},"modified":"2015-11-26T17:54:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T15:54:11","slug":"this-is-what-pretoria-looked-like-in-the-1900s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/105329\/this-is-what-pretoria-looked-like-in-the-1900s\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what Pretoria looked like in the 1900s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning old\u00a0images of Pretoria\u00a0from\u00a0late 19th century and early 20th century (1880s \u2013 1900s) have surfaced\u00a0online \u2013 this is how the city looked in its early life.<\/p>\n<p>The images were collected and compiled by former SABC TV news anchor, Friedel Hansen.<\/p>\n<p>While Hansen doesn\u2019t explicitly state the sources of the images (\u201cLiterally all over,\u201d he said), many can be found in the digital archive of The European Library,and the National Library of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Pretoria is one of South Africa&#8217;s oldest cities serving as the executive branch of government. The city was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father.<\/p>\n<p>The region became the administrative capital of the whole of South Africa, with Cape Town the legislative capital, which it kept after South Africa gained its independence in 1961.<\/p>\n<p>The city has undergone many changes over the years, and remains one of South Africa&#8217;s largest cities &#8211; fourth after Joburg, Cape Town and Durban &#8211; with a population of just over 2 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of Pretoria from around 1900, as well as what they look like today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Union Buildings (1920s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105361\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105361\" class=\"wp-image-105361\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings 1920\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-1920.jpg 810w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-1920-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Union Buildings 1920<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105363\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105363\" class=\"wp-image-105363\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings.jpg\" alt=\"Union Buildings\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Union-Buildings-1024x636.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Union Buildings by <a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:R_Aspeling_Union_Buildings.jpg#\/media\/File:R_Aspeling_Union_Buildings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Robbie Aspeling<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Church Square (1920s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105333\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chuch-Square-1920s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105333\" class=\"wp-image-105333\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chuch-Square-1920s.jpg\" alt=\"Chuch Square 1920s\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chuch-Square-1920s.jpg 726w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Chuch-Square-1920s-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuch Square 1920s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105335\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105335\" class=\"wp-image-105335\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Square.jpg\" alt=\"Church Square\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Square.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Square-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church Square today<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Church Street (1880s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105337\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-South-1880.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105337\" class=\"wp-image-105337\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-South-1880.jpg\" alt=\"Church Street South 1880\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-South-1880.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-South-1880-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church Street South 1880<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105339\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105339\" class=\"wp-image-105339\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street.png\" alt=\"Church Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street.png 1072w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Church-Street-1024x669.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Church Street was changed to four different streets after being broken up in 2007. The streets linked to the square are now Helen Joseph and WF Nkomo streets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Standard Bank Building (1900s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105341\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Old-Standard-Bank-building-1900s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105341\" class=\"wp-image-105341\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Old-Standard-Bank-building-1900s.jpg\" alt=\"Old Standard Bank building 1900s\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Old-Standard-Bank-building-1900s.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Old-Standard-Bank-building-1900s-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Standard Bank building 1900s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105355\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Standard-Bank-building.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105355\" class=\"wp-image-105355\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Standard-Bank-building.png\" alt=\"Standard Bank building\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Standard-Bank-building.png 1132w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Standard-Bank-building-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Standard-Bank-building-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Standard Bank building<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The old Standard Building was constructed in the 1890s &#8211; but it was demolished in the 1950s. The current Standard Bank building was built in the same area in the 1930s, and is a National Heritage site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Arts Building at the University of Pretoria (1890s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105343\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-of-the-University-of-Pretoria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105343\" class=\"wp-image-105343\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-of-the-University-of-Pretoria.jpg\" alt=\"Ou Lettere Building of the University of Pretoria\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-of-the-University-of-Pretoria.jpg 824w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-of-the-University-of-Pretoria-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ou Lettere Building of the University of Pretoria<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105345\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-today.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105345\" class=\"wp-image-105345\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-today.jpg\" alt=\"Ou Lettere Building today\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-today.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ou-Lettere-Building-today-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ou Lettere Building today<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Old Arts Building at the University of Pretoria was built in 1911, and still stands today as a National Monument.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Kruger Street (1890)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105347\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-street-1890.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105347\" class=\"wp-image-105347\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-street-1890.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Kruger street 1890\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-street-1890.jpg 740w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-street-1890-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Kruger street 1890<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105349\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-Street.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105349\" class=\"wp-image-105349\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Paul-Kruger-Street.png\" alt=\"Paul Kruger Street\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Kruger Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Skinner Street (1890)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105353\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-1890s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105353\" class=\"wp-image-105353\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-1890s.jpg\" alt=\"Skinner Street 1890s\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-1890s.jpg 637w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-1890s-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skinner Street 1890s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105351\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-Nana-Sita.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105351\" class=\"wp-image-105351\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-Nana-Sita.png\" alt=\"Skinner Street (Nana Sita)\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-Nana-Sita.png 1308w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-Nana-Sita-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Skinner-Street-Nana-Sita-1024x498.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skinner Street (Nana Sita)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Skinner Street was also changed in 2007, to Nana Sita street.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Oude Raatzaal (1889)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105357\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-1889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105357\" class=\"wp-image-105357\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-1889.jpg\" alt=\"The Raadzaal 1889\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-1889.jpg 896w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-1889-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-1889-140x102.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Raadzaal 1889<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105359\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105359\" class=\"wp-image-105359\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-today.png\" alt=\"The Raadzaal today\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-today.png 988w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/The-Raadzaal-today-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Raadzaal today<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pretoria from Meintjieskop (1900)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105365\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-from-Meintjieskop-1900.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105365\" class=\"wp-image-105365\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-from-Meintjieskop-1900.jpg\" alt=\"View of pretoria from Meintjieskop 1900\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-from-Meintjieskop-1900.jpg 615w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-from-Meintjieskop-1900-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of pretoria from Meintjieskop 1900<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105367\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105367\" class=\"wp-image-105367\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria.png\" alt=\"View of pretoria\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria.png 1300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/View-of-pretoria-1024x555.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of pretoria<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Oude Volkshospitaal (1890)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105369\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-H.F-Verwoers-hospital.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105369\" class=\"wp-image-105369\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-H.F-Verwoers-hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Volkshospitaal \" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-H.F-Verwoers-hospital.jpg 635w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-H.F-Verwoers-hospital-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volkshospitaal<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_105371\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-location-today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105371\" class=\"wp-image-105371\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-location-today.png\" alt=\"Volkshospitaal location today\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-location-today.png 1324w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-location-today-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Volkshospitaal-location-today-1024x526.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volkshospitaal location today<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Volkshospitaal in Pretoria was constructed in 1887, but changed purpose after the General Hospital (now known as Steve Biko Hospital) was erected in 1932. The old hospital was first used as a railway hostel, before being demolished to make way for the Defense Headquarters.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on cities<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"r\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/101522\/this-is-what-joburg-looked-like-in-1900\/\">This is what Joburg looked like in 1900<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Cape Town like you\u2019ve never seen it before: 1940 \u2013 1980\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/98839\/cape-town-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-1940-1980\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cape Town like you\u2019ve never seen it before: 1940 \u2013 1980<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning old images of Pretoria from late 19th century and early 20th century (1880s \u2013 1900s) have surfaced online \u2013 this is how the city looked in its early life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":105375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,8291],"class_list":["post-105329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-headline","tag-pretoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105329"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105397,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105329\/revisions\/105397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}