Ou Raadsaal Ou Raadsaal The Ou Raadsaal (English: "Old Council Hall") is a historic building in Pretoria, South Africa, located on the south side of Church Square. The Ou Raadsaal housed the Volksraad, the parliament of the South African Republic, from 1891 to 1902. The Ou Raadsaal was commissioned in the late 19th century by the South African Republic as the new seat of government in Pretoria, and was designed by Dutch architect Sytze Wierda in a Renaissance Revival style. The contract for construction was granted to John Johnstone Kirkness, a builder from the Orkney Islands with a prolific building career in
D'amour ou d'amitié D'amour ou d'amitié "D'amour ou d'amitié" (meaning "Of Love or Friendship", ) is the second single from Celine Dion's album, "Tellement j'ai d'amour...". It was released in France in December 1982 and in Canada in May 1983. On 24 January 1983, Dion was chosen to represent Canada with "D'amour ou d'amitié", as revelation of the year at the MIDEM in Cannes. The song became a hit in Quebec where it entered the chart on 7 May 1983 and topped it for four weeks, spending forty weeks on the chart in total. "D'amour ou d'amitié" was certified Gold in April 1985