The 5 tallest buildings in South Africa – Johannesburg dominates!

The Leonardo in Sandton, Johannesburg is the tallest building in South Africa, according to The Skyscraper Centre.

By: Garrin Lambley

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The Leonardo stands 227.9 metres tall – or 748 feet.

According to BusinessTech, incredibly, the Leonardo, which was completed in 2019, is ‘only’ the 1 022nd-tallest building in the world.

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The Carlton Centre, also in Johannesburg, is the second-highest in Mzansi at 201.2 metres (660 feet), followed by the Ponte Tower (also in Johannesburg) at 172.8 metres (567 feet).

The fourth-tallest building is also to be found in Johannesburg.

That honour goes to the Marble Towers at 152.1 metres (499 feet).

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The first non-Johannesburg located building (in fifth-place) is the Pearl Dawn in Durban at 152 metres (499 feet).

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For the record, the tallest building in Africa is the Iconic Tower in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital at 393.8 metres in height and is expected to be completed later in 2023.

The Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai remains the world’s tallest building, measuring a neck-bending 829.8 metres in height and has 163 floors

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Important to note, only residential or commercial buildings are included in The Skyscraper Centre’s list.