University of Pretoria
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The University of Pretoria is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria cam
The Old Arts Building in 1910, now a provincial heritage site
University of Pretoria Main Campus master plan in 1930
A newspaper article celebrating the name change
The Administration Building (nicknamed "The Ship") at the corner of Lynnwood and University Roads in Hatfield, Pretoria
Oscar Pistorius
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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African double amputee, former professional sprinter, and convicted murderer. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games.
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…Matfield, Wynand Claassen, Naas Botha and Joost van der Westhuizen. Other notable sporting personalities include Caster Semenya, Tatjana Schoenmaker and Oscar Pistorius, who became the first double amputee runner at an Olympic Games when he competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2022, when the university…
Pistorius in 2011
Pistorius taking part in the Landsmót ungmennafélags Íslands in Kópavogur, Iceland, in July 2007
Pistorius in his prostheses at an International Paralympic Day event in Trafalgar Square, London, on 8 September 2011
The South African newspaper The Citizen announcing the IAAF's decision to ban Pistorius from its competitions – photographed in Johannesburg on 16 January 2008