Representation of priorate in African city (8)
I believe the answer is:
pretoria
'african city' is the definition.
(administrative capital of South Africa)
'representation of priorate' is the wordplay.
'representation of' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'priorate' is an anagram of 'PRETORIA'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for pretoria that I've seen before include "A ripe rot in S. Africa" , "Pirate or, oddly, a South African city" , "Pirate or a South African city, strangely" , "City in South Africa" , "Capital city" .)