Pretoria, now known as Tshwane
… by Marthinus Pretorius , son of Andries Pretorius , (the Boer statesman for whom the City was named after). Then … in 1910; and a City in 1931. During the South African War (1899–1902), Winston Churchill was imprisoned there in … The Vereeniging Peace Agreement document, ending the war between the Boers and the British , was signed at …