However, twenty animals were found in 1995 on a farm near Upington.
The unit is also responsible for maintaining the military airstrip at Vastrap, near Upington.
It is part of the TransNamib Railway, and is located along the Windhoek to Upington line that was inaugurated in 1915 and connects Namibia with South Africa.
The aircraft kits were manufactured by Rotary Air Force Inc of Canada until April 2007 when the marketing and manufacturing rights were transferred to Rotary Air Force Ltd located in Upington, South Africa.
By 1979, the TFDC had grown large enough to merit the allocation of one of the hangar complexes at AFB Waterkloof, and in 1980 it established a satellite unit at Van Ryneveld Airfield in Upington to conduct weapons release tests.
The town of Upington in the Northern Cape is named after him, as was the short-lived Boer republic of Upingtonia.
Khi Solar One is a Solar Tower plant of 50 MW capacity near Upington and Kaxu Solar One is a Parabolic Trough plant of 100 MW capacity near Pofadder with storage capability for 3 hours.
The principle issue that dominated Upington's short Ministry was the conflict over two tiny Boer mercenary states – Stellaland and Goshen – which had been established by Boer invaders in "British" Bechuanaland and which the British demanded were ejected.
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However his life-long health problems worsened and on 10 December 1898, Upington died in Wynberg, Cape Town, aged only 54.
Upington was chosen because of its strategic position, availability of land and comparatively lower height above sea level than Johannesburg.