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2 unusual facts about Waterkloof


Waterkloof

It is the home of the noted South African soprano Mimi Coertse, and the location of the upmarket Dube-house in the Academy Award winning film Tsotsi.

Hoërskool Waterkloof, large Afrikaans high school situated about 8 km south of Waterkloof between Erasmuskloof and Elarduspark.


Bakgat

Local high schools Waterkloof and Eldoraigne participated in the production and the 2007 teams of both schools play the high school rugby teams in the film.

Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF

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.

Waterkloof Ridge

Hoërskool Waterkloof, large Afrikaans high school situated between Waterkloof Ridge and Erasmuskloof.


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