seat of government

Their lawyer, Raj Chada, argued the ban was a "disproportional" infringement on their right to protest because London is "the seat of government".

The attack, less than a mile from Lebanon’s seat of government and a few hundred yards from a main highway in Beirut’s center, was the deadliest strike inside the capital since the escalated fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.

In his vision, the $32-billion city would begin life as the new seat of government, and over the next two decades attract millions of people as a high-tech, zero-carbon metropolis that would relieve crowding in Jakarta and serve as a model of urban innovation for the rest of the world.

A huge crowd of supporters formed outside the official seat of government, waving national flags.

Current South African President Cyril Ramaphosa — a protege of Mandela — will lead Saturday’s 30th anniversary Freedom Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the seat of government.