build forts instead, was accepted. However, due to a lack of money, only four forts were eventually built. Fort Schanskop, Fort Wonderboompoort and Fort Klapperkop...
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Willem Ratte (section Fort Schanskop – 1993/1994)
paramilitary "Pretoria Boere Commando" to occupy Pretoria's Fort Schanskop, an old German designed Fort completed in 1897, to mark the anniversary of the Day...
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155 mm Creusot Long Tom (section Pretoria Forts)
decided to build four forts around the capital, Pretoria. These were called Fort Schanskop, Fort Klapperkop, Fort Daspoortrand and Fort Wonderboompoort. A...
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Refurbished statue of Daniel Theron at Fort Schanskop, Pretoria, South Africa...
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includes: An indigenous garden that surrounds the monument. Fort Schanskop, a nearby fort built in 1897 by the government of the South African Republic...
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Cape Fort Merensky, Mpumalanga Johannesburg Fort, Gauteng Fort Klapperkop, Gauteng Fort Schanskop, Gauteng Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng Redoubt Duijnhoop...
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Pretoria, Gauteng (1890s) Fort Mistake, Glencoe, KwaZulu-Natal Fort Nongqayi, KwaZulu-Natal (1883) Fort Schanskop, Gauteng (1890s) Fort Wonderboompoort, Gauteng...
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Fokofpolisiekar at Park Acoustics inside Fort Schanskop at the Voortrekker Monument in January 2022....
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New Jersey, USA Fort Hoop, Connecticut, USA Fort Klapperkop, Pretoria, ZA Fort Orange, New York, USA Fort Schanskop, Pretoria, ZA Fort Wilhelmus, New Jersey...
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and Manor Houses, that may be referred to as "castles". A fortification or Fort is easily identifiable as a structure built purely for defensive purposes...
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1897 6 April: Fort Schanskop built. 8 June: Palace of Justice built. 4 September: Fort Wonderboompoort built. 1898 18 January: Fort Klapperkop built...
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9/2/258/0084 Fort Schanskop, Groenkloof, Pretoria These two very interesting forts are situated on koppies to the south of Pretoria. Fort Schanskop stands about...
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melted down. The two Ras cannons survive today. "Ras" is displayed at Fort Schanskop in Pretoria, and "Martienie" at Denel in Erasmuskloof, Pretoria. After...
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training or support of the Commandos. Collapsed into other groups Previously Fort Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards...
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Commando Munitoria Commando Pretoria East Commando Quaggapoort Commando Schanskop Commando Wonderboom Commando Group 16 (HQ Marievale) GSB Johannesburg...
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