So near and yet so far (continuation of article below)

We stand above our government city Pretoria, the Washington of South Africa. We watch the planes fly in formation across the skies on national days of celebration. We see the crowds gathered at the Union Buildings on Youth Day or Freedom Day. Out of sight to the near west, are the two hills competing for attention with national pride - the Voortrekker Monument on one, and Freedom Park on the other, each representing its own world view. Each impressive, each inspiring. Below both, the Pretoria Station in all its Victorian splendour now includes the Gautrain terminal and the fast golden train flies high and then low on its new track to Hatfield and back, promising quick access to Johannesburg.

On the south UNISA holds proud position over the entrance to Pretoria, high on the ridge and demanding recognition. The biggest correspondence university in all Africa and possibly further afield too, UNISA spreads itself across the southern slope of the ridge, spreading more recently down into the city with an impressive new Registration Building and the Sunnyside campus. It is a power to be reckoned with, bringing academics from all corners of the globe to Pretoria, along with jubilant students from far and wide to their graduation ceremonies.