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Lukasrand Tower

Coordinates: 25°45′58″S 28°12′20″E / 25.76611°S 28.20556°E / -25.76611; 28.20556
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Lukasrand Tower
Lukasrand Tower
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General information
StatusCompleted
TypeRadio tower
LocationPretoria, South Africa
Coordinates25°45′58″S 28°12′20″E / 25.76611°S 28.20556°E / -25.76611; 28.20556
Completed1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Height
Antenna spire198 m (650 ft)

The Lukasrand Tower (formerly known as the John Vorster Tower) is located on Muckleneuk Hill in the Lukasrand suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The tower was built in 1978[1] and its primary purpose is wireless telecommunications (e.g., microwave transmission, mobile phone, etc.). It also features an observation deck. The tower is dressed with branding signs for Telkom SA. For a time (September 2009 to prior to August 2012), the tower also sported a 24-metre, eight storey high, fibreglass soccer ball, for the 2010 World Cup.[2]

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  1. ^ "John Vorster Tower, Pretoria". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Engineering News - Login". www.engineeringnews.co.za.

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