Government Houses of South Africa
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The following is a list of Government House
s of South Africa
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Government House
Government House is the name of many of the residences of Governors-General, Governors and Lieutenant-Governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. It serves as the venue for the Governor's official business, as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by...
s of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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- PretoriaPretoriaPretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, Government House of PretoriaGovernment House, PretoriaGovernment House was built between 1902 and 1906 as the official residence of the Governor of the Transvaal Colony.The Cape vernacular style was taken on as a national building style promoted not only by the Cape coteries but also by proponents of Dutch-speaking republican independence or of...
, TransvaalTransvaal ProvinceTransvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:... - Cape ProvinceCape ProvinceThe Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...
, Government House of Cape ProvinceGovernment House, Cape ProvinceDe Tuynhuys , the Cape Town office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, has in various guises been associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries... - Orange Free StateOrange Free StateThe Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...
, Government House of the Orange Free StateGovernment House, Orange Free StateGovernment House, located in Bloemfontein, was the official residence of the Governor of the Orange Free State, South Africa.Oliewenhuis, a Neo-Dutch style mansion was designed in 1935... - NatalNatal ProvinceNatal, meaning "Christmas" in Portuguese, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu...
, Government House of NatalGovernment House, NatalThe Old Government House, located in Pietermaritzburg, was the official residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, South Africa, Benjamin Pine, who arrived in Natal in 1851...