Pietermaritzburg

[pee-ter-mar-its-burg]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Natal province, in the E Republic of South Africa.

Pietermaritzburg

/ ˌpiːtəˈmærɪtsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in E South Africa, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal: founded in 1839 by the Boers: gateway to Natal's mountain resorts. Pop: 223 519 (2001)

Example Sentences

Jobless graduates, struggling business owners and army veterans marched through the eastern South African city of Pietermaritzburg this week, chanting the name “Jacob Zuma.”

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Not present at the Pietermaritzburg march was Mr. Zuma himself.

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Last year the country was rocked when 10 members of the same family were shot dead in an attack on their home near the city of Pietermaritzburg.

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Drive out into the remote rural districts around provincial capital Pietermaritzburg and there is apprehension that next year's elections will bring increased violence.

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In Pietermaritzburg, I meet up with the ANC Mayor, Mzimkhulu Thebolla, and put it to him that the corruption and violence are an indictment of his party's nearly 30 years in power.

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