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The main South African Army Headquarters are located in Salvokop, Pretoria in the Dequar Road Complex along with the 102 Field Workshop unit, 17 Maintenance Unit and the S.A.M.S Military Health Department. Maj. Gen. William B. Garrett III of United States Army Africa visits the Bloemfontein School of Armour at Tempe Base.
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 19 May 1998, following the end of apartheid, it was renamed again, as Thaba Tshwane. [4]
The Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa (also known as Atlas Aviation) was established in 1965 [16] to manufacture sophisticated military aircraft and avionics equipment for the South African Air Force, as well as for export. It was also established primarily to circumvent an international arms embargo implemented in 1963.
The military as it exists today was created in 1994, [5] [6] following South Africa's first nonracial election in April of that year and the adoption of a new constitution. It replaced the South African Defence Force and also integrated uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) guerilla forces.
Military Bases Depots Units Reserve Force Units ASB Bloemfontein DOD Mobilisation Centre Bloemfontein SA Army Technical Service Training 4 Maintenance Unit Joint Support Base Garrison DOD Main Ordnance Depot DOD Technical Service Unit 11 Maintenance Unit ASB Eastern Cape: DOD Main Ordnance Sub Depot National Ceremonial Guard 15 Maintenance Unit
Disbanded military units and formations in Pretoria (27 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations in Pretoria" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence Act (No. 44) of 1957.
South Africa: Allegiance ... temporarily from Speskop to Defence Headquarters in 1992, 1 Maintenance Unit was relocated to Wallmanstal, north of Pretoria. [2]