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Lukasrand Tower

Lukasrand Tower

Communications tower in Pretoria, South Africa

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

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