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A skater in a red Converse shirt in mid-air above his board, pigeons scattering around him, with a palisade fence and a sandstone government building behind.

© Alet Pretorius

Side Quest Skate & Chill, Church Square, Pretoria, 8 November 2025. A skater lifts off the paving in front of the Palace of Justice and the flock goes up with him. The sessions are run by LES Skate Pretoria in the build-up to the Les Sk8 market at Sunnyside Sports Grounds, and as part of a campaign for a public skatepark in the capital.
Church Square, Pretoria · 2025

Black and white photograph of three people on a city square lawn surrounded by hundreds of pigeons, several birds in flight around their outstretched hands.

© Alet Pretorius

Church Square, Pretoria, 8 November 2025. Between skate runs the square belongs to the pigeons, and to whoever will stand still long enough to hold one.
Church Square, Pretoria · 2025

Low-angle view of folk dancers in long floral skirts and boots turning on tarmac, with a seated crowd and festival tents behind.

© Alet Pretorius

Kruger 200 concert, Heritage Day, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, 24 September 2025. Shot from the tar, the dance comes down to hems, boots and the seated crowd behind them.
Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria · 2025

A carved stone relief of ox wagons on the Voortrekker Monument's outer wall, with the Pretoria skyline and hills visible behind it.

© Alet Pretorius

Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, 24 September 2025. The stone wagons of the monument's perimeter laager stand between the viewer and the CBD, with the Union Buildings on the ridge beyond.
Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria · 2025

Wide view of the Pretoria city centre skyline from a wooded ridge, with the Union Buildings on the hillside to the right and cumulus cloud above.

© Alet Pretorius

Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, 24 September 2025. The city centre sits low in the bowl with the Union Buildings on the far ridge, seen from the monument on Heritage Day.
Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria · 2025

Close-up of a young man holding out a diamante chain with a broken-heart clasp and a pendant reading "NO LOVE".

© Alet Pretorius

A young man lifts his chain away from his chest for the camera, the pendant reading "no love", his face cropped above the mouth. Pretoria, South Africa.
Pretoria

A young man plays a large brass tuba while marching in a city street, another player beside him, with cars, a traffic officer and high-rise buildings around them.

© Alet Pretorius

Feast of the Clowns, Pretoria, 16 October 2021. A Field Band Foundation player carries his tuba through the traffic while a metro officer holds the crossing.
Pretoria · 2021

A performer in a purple and orange jester costume rides a unicycle down the middle of a city street, with a costumed parade and banners following behind.

© Alet Pretorius

Feast of the Clowns, Pretoria, 16 October 2021. A jester rides the centre line ahead of the drums, the banners and the wigs, on a march that is equal parts carnival and protest.
Pretoria · 2021

A skater in a red Converse shirt in mid-air above his board, pigeons scattering around him, with a palisade fence and a sandstone government building behind.

© Alet Pretorius

Feast of the Clowns, Burgers Park, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 16 October 2021. A boy holds his placard above his head on the roots of the park's fig, at the front of the children's rights march.
Burgers Park, Sunnyside, Pretoria · 2021

A young brass player with a tuba in the foreground, and behind him people in clown wigs holding a hand-painted banner reading "Together 4 Children's Rights" under a large tree.

© Alet Pretorius

Feast of the Clowns, Burgers Park, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 16 October 2021. A Field Band Foundation player fills the left of the frame while the banner and the painted placards go up under the tree behind him.
Pretoria · 2021