Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Pretoria is South Africa's administrative capital, where presidents are sworn in at the imposing hilltop Union Buildings.

The city was headquarters of the apartheid state and Nelson Mandela's 1994 inauguration there had great symbolic significance.

Despite still being the capital, this is a small, quiet city, overshadowed by nearby Johannesburg.

The approach from the south is dominated by the hulking Voortrekker Monument, a potent symbol of white Afrikaner rule, which commemorates the 1838 defeat of 12,000 Zulus by a small Boer force.

Loftus Versfeld stadium, one of the country's oldest, has been revamped and has a capacity of 50,000.

It is the home of two of South Africa's big soccer teams, the Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United, as well the Blue Bulls rugby club.

Six matches will be played here.