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The Apies River is a river that flows through the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The river is also known as the Apiesrivier in Afrikaans (in which "Apies" means "small monkeys"), and is traditionally also called the Tshwane River by the indigenous peoples. Pretoria itself also came to be referred to as Tshwane by the African communities, after the river, and that name is currently the center of a controversial, politically driven attempt to rename the city itself to Tshwane.

The Mamelodi township also draws its name from the name of the river, with the full name being "Mamelodi ya Tshwane", meaning "Whistler of the Apies River", a nickname given to Paul Kruger.

Text from Wikipedia.