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Thara Tswane

Thaba Tshwane
Voortrekkerhoogte
Robert's Heights
SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane
SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane is located in Gauteng
Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane
 Thaba Tshwane shown within Gauteng
Thaba Tshwane is located in South Africa
Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane (South Africa)
Thaba Tshwane is located in Africa
Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane
Thaba Tshwane (Africa)
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%
Time zone SAST (UTC+2)
Postal code (street) 0187
PO box 0143

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

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.

Today the installation is home to:

Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called Roberts Heights after Lord Roberts. The area was subsequently 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. On the 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid, it was renamed again, getting the name Thaba Tshwane. 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).



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