South Africa's administrative capital (8)
I believe the answer is:
pretoria
'south africa's administrative capital' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pretoria that I've seen before include "Administrative capital of South African" , "Capital city" , "Pirate or, oddly, a South African city" , "Administrative capital of South Africa" , "Pirate or a South African city, strangely" .)