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The building is the former head office of Trust Bank of South Africa, and as such has one of the largest bank vaults in South Africa. The building was sold in February 2003 for Rand 6.4 million (USD $640.000), which may prompt the name to be changed to that of the new tenant.
Durban hosted matches in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. In 2007 the city hosted nine matches, including a semi-final, as part of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. The 2009 IPL season was played in South Africa, and Durban was selected as a venue. 2010 saw the city host six matches, including a semi-final, in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
This list of tallest buildings in Cape Town ranks completed buildings by height in the South African city of Cape Town, Western Cape, the second-largest city in South Africa. [1] Cape Town's tallest building is the Portside Tower , which stands at 139 m (456 ft); the tower was built in 2014 and was the first significant tall building erected in ...
Durban, home of the busiest port in Africa and an important economic centre in South Africa.. This list of tallest buildings in Durban ranks completed buildings by height in the city of Durban (including uMhlanga) which is the third most populous city in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town and the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa: Johannesburg Southern Life Centre [57] 138 m (453 ft) 30: 1973: South Africa: Johannesburg NIB Bank Headquarters [58] 137 m (449 ft) 35 2022 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Old Mutual Centre [59] 137 m (449 ft) 33: 1995: South Africa: Durban Portside Tower [60] 136.4 m (448 ft) 30: 2014: South Africa: Cape Town: Casablanca Finance City Tower ...
The first revenue-earning railway service in South Africa commenced in Durban in the Colony of Natal on 26 June 1860. The train was hauled by a small broad gauge 0-4-0 well-tank engine named Natal, which was landed at Durban Harbour off the brig Cadiz on 13 May 1860. The engine arrived stripped down and was erected by Henry Jacobs, engine ...
Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa.Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building [3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.
The Port of Durban, commonly called Durban Harbour, is the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. [2] It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year. [ 3 ] It is the fourth largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere , handling approximately 4.5 million TEU in 2019.