Where the Boer War peace treaties were signed (8)
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I believe the answer is:
pretoria
(Other definitions for pretoria that I've seen before include "A ripe rot in S. Africa" , "Pirate or, oddly, a South African city" , "City in South Africa" , "Pirate or a South African city, strangely" , "Administrative capital of South Africa" .)