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
Ou Shaoyan Ou Shaoyan Ou Shaoyan (born 17 August 1973) is a Chinese lightweight rower. Ou was born in 1973 and is from Guangdong, China. She competed in lightweight women's four and won gold at the 1991 World Rowing Championships, and came fourth at the 1992 World Rowing Championships. She changed to the lightweight women's double sculls and won silver at the 1994 World Rowing Championships, came ninth at the 1995 World Rowing Championships, and came ninth at the 1996 Summer Olympics partnered with Li Fei. Ou then changed to the lightweight women's quad sculls and came fourth at the 1998 World