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The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. It is today the continent's fifth tallest building after The Leonardo (also in Johannesburg ...
Hyde Park Corner is a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Hyde Park at the major intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and William Nicol Drive. It was completed in November 1969 and built by Murray & Roberts Construction, now renamed Concor. It was one of the first fully enclosed decentralised shopping centres in South ...
Marble Towers. 152 m (499 ft) 32. 1973. Johannesburg CBD. For a brief period in 1973, this was the tallest building in Africa. Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). Sandton City Office Tower.
Parking. Available. Ponte City [1] is a skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), making it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa. The 55-storey building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light into the apartments.
Alberton, South Africa. / 26.26722°S 28.12194°E / -26.26722; 28.12194. Alberton is a town situated on the southern part of the East Rand of the Gauteng Province in South Africa and is situated very close to the major urban centre of Johannesburg . Alberton is described as a typical suburban community, one which is primarily ...
2006 reorganisation. The present day City of Johannesburg was created from eleven existing local authorities, seven of which were white and four black or coloured.The white authorities were 90% self-sufficient from property tax and other local taxes, and produced and spent R 600 (US$93) per person in municipal services, while the black authorities were only 10% self-sufficient, spending R 100 ...
July 1, 2024 at 11:48 AM. By Tim Cocks and Bhargav Acharya. (Reuters) - South Africa's new unity government inspired cautious optimism on Monday from industry and financial markets but many ...
Gandhi Square. Coordinates: 26°12′24″S 28°02′35″E. Gandhi Square Johannesburg. Gandhi Square (formerly Van Der Bijl Square and Government Square) is a plaza located in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named after the political activist and pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi .