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Fort Klapperkop was armed with a 155mm Creusot gun ("Long Tom"), a 37 mm Maxim-Nordenfeldt cannon, three Martini-Henry hand-maxims and a 65 mm Krupp Mountain Gun. In January 1899 the fort was manned by 17 troops. In July 1899 the number of troops was increased to 30. By the end of October 1899, only 16 troops were still stationed at Fort ...
Pretoria is home to a large joint services base called Thaba Tshwane, which is also home to the South African Army College, the National Ceremonial Guard and Band, the Military Police School, 1 Military Hospital, 2 Parachute Battalion, 44 Parachute Engineers, 44 Parachute Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery), 1 Military Printing ...
Klapperkop Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of some 460 ha in Pretoria, Gauteng, which was established in 1898. It is managed by the Department of Nature Conservation. Fort Klapperkop, completed in 1897, is situated inside the reserve.
1966 - Fort Klapperkop is restored and turned into the Fort Klapperkop Military Museum. 1970 Population: 543,950 city; 561,703 urban agglomeration. [14] Mamelodi Sundowns was established. 1972 Daspoort Tunnel opens. 21 February: Trolleybuses in Pretoria cease operating. 1974 - Hoërskool Overkruin was founded.
Cape Town: 1640s Fort Simon Stellenbosch: 1997 Somerset Hospital: Cape Town: 1864 Stone Castle Saldanha: Knysna Fort: Knysna: 1899 Veretti Castle Mossel Bay: 2004 Vergelegen Estate: Somerset West: 1700 Villa Anna Katarina Riebeek-Kasteel: Welgeluk Ostrich Palace Oudtshoorn: 1910 West Fort Hout Bay
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Groenkloof NR, City of Tshwane The Groenkloof Nature Reserve , located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria , was the first game sanctuary in Africa. The reserve of 600 ha is managed by the Department of Nature Conservation.
Ratel IFVs of the Cape Town Highlanders Regiment during a mechanised training exercise. An Olifant Mk2 tank of the South African Armoured Corps during the Africa Aerospace Expo 2014. From the early 1990s (after 1992) to 1 April 1997, the SA Army maintained three 'small' divisions, the 7th (HQ Johannesburg), 8th (HQ Durban) and 9th (HQ Cape Town ...