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Liberty Holdings Limited is a South African financial services and property holding company that focuses on Insurance and Asset Management with registered head office in Johannesburg, South Africa at Liberty Centre, 1 Ameshoff St., Braamfontein. [1] [2] [3] Liberty has operations in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and other in 16 African countries.
Braamfontein (English: blackberry spring, or more prosaicly blackberry springs; also known as Braam) is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group (part of Steinhoff Africa), Sappi, and Bidvest (formerly Rennies) Bank and Hollard.
Sandton City opened in 1973 with 120 stores on two levels of 50,000 m 2, and added two additional levels of parking for 2,500 cars and outside parking with 25,000 m 2 of office space. [4]: 378 It was also the first of its kind in Johannesburg. Upon opening, the scale and depth of the centre revolutionised South African and Johannesburg retail.
The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is the densest collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however, due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.
Sir Donald Gordon (24 June 1930 – 21 November 2019 [1]) was a South African-British businessman and philanthropist. [2] He founded Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957 and Liberty International.
The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Zulu: UMasipala weDolobhakazi laseGoli) is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in order to expedite services for the city.
Much of the financial focus of Johannesburg has shifted from the Central Business District to Sandton. However, three of South Africa's four largest banks have kept their head offices in downtown Johannesburg. The other bank, Nedbank, has its headquarters in Sandton. A considerable amount of the city's A-grade office space is to be found in ...
South African Airways, the flagship air carrier of South Africa, and its subsidiary South African Express have their head offices in Ekurhuleni. [5] [51] [52] Mango, a low cost airline owned by SAA, is headquartered on the grounds of OR Tambo International Airport. [53] Federal Air has its headquarters on the OR Tambo International Airport grounds.