Thaba Tshwane Voortrekkerhoogte (formerly) Roberts Heights (originally) | |
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 SA Army College in Thaba Tshwane | |
  Thaba Tshwane  Thaba Tshwane | |
| Coordinates:25°47′24″S28°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)[1] | |
• Total | 6,727 |
| • Density | 205.3/km2 (531.8/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 | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0187 |
| PO box | 0143 |
Thaba Tshwane is amilitary base (or military area) inPretoria,South Africa.
The oldest building in the complex is the South African Garrison Institute, what is now known as theArmy College.Lord Kitchener laid the cornerstone on 12 June 1902.[2]
Today the installation is home to:
Founded around 1905 by theBritish Army, and calledRoberts Heights[3] afterField MarshalLord Roberts. The area was subsequently renamedVoortrekkerhoogte ("Voortrekker Heights") in 1939 by the government of theUnion of South Africa, following the beginning of the building of the nearbyVoortrekker Monument, at a time of growingAfrikaner nationalism. On 19 May 1998, following the end ofapartheid, it was renamed again, as Thaba Tshwane.[4]
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