Thaba Tswane

Thaba Tshwane Voortrekkerhoogte Robert's Heights
SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane
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Coordinates: 25°47′24″S 28°08′32″E / 25.7901°S 28.1421°E / -25.7901; 28.1421Coordinates: 25°47′24″S 28°08′32″E / 25.7901°S 28.1421°E / -25.7901; 28.1421
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Area
• Total	32.76 km2 (12.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	6,727
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	68.5%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	30.5%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	29.1%
• Afrikaans	27.9%
• S. Ndebele	8.2%
• Tsonga	7.3%
• Other	27.5%
Postal code (street)	0187
PO box	0143

Thaba Tshwane is a military base (or military area), in Pretoria, South Africa.

Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called Roberts Heights after Lord Roberts.

The area was renamed Voortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of the Union of South Africa, following the beginning of the building of the nearby Voortrekker Monument, at a time of growing Afrikaner nationalism.

The oldest building in the complex is the South African Garrison Institute, what is now known as the Army College. Lord Kitchener laid the cornerstone on 12 June 1902.

On the 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid, it was renamed again, getting the name Thaba Tshwane. Today the installation is home to:

Thaba Tshwane should not be confused with the much larger City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, that was created in 2000, which includes Pretoria (including Thaba Tshwane).