Lukasrand Tower

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]

Lukasrand Tower
Lukasrand Tower
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Radio tower
Location	Pretoria, South Africa
Coordinates	25°45′58″S 28°12′20″E
Completed	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Height
Antenna spire	198 m (650 ft)

References

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

Sources

• Denis Farrell (7 August 2012). "The Lukasrand Tower with the Telkom branding is photographed in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012". Yahoo! News/Associated Press. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
• Martin Olivier (28 May 2011). "Network Museum". Lukasrand Tower. Martin Olivier. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
• "Telkom Tower, Leyds Street, Lukasrand, Tshwane". ABLEWiki. Retrieved 25 May 2013.