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The company's first major project was the construction of the Rand Sports Stadium in Johannesburg followed by contracts for the Pretoria and Johannesburg power stations. . Another initial project was the Storms River bridge which was designed by Dr. Riccardo Morandi of Rome, this bridge was for many years the highest and longest single span bridge in South Afr
The project went out to tender during November 1971 and two tenders were received. [2]: 97 Neither were accepted but negotiations took place with the two tenderers.[2]: 97 The contract was awarded on 21 August 1972 [1]: 217 to a consortium of contractors consisting of German, Italian and South African firms of Hochtief, Impresa Ing.
Chancellor House is a South African holding company managing investments in the mining, engineering, energy and information technology sectors. [3] [4] It is named after Chancellor House, the building where the law firm of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo was located.
Johannesburg is the economic and financial hub of South Africa, producing 16% of South Africa's gross domestic product, and accounts for 40% of Gauteng's economic activity. [ citation needed ] In a 2008 survey conducted by Mastercard , Johannesburg ranked 47 out of 50 top cities in the world as a worldwide centre of commerce (the only city in ...
By law, the South African Mint Company is the only company allowed to manufacture South African legal tender coins such as the world-famous Krugerrand. Rand Refinery supplies all the gold used to manufacture the coins. It has been appointed the sole supplier of bullion Krugerrands to primary distributors both locally and internationally.
The development, which cost ZAR 800 million to build, began construction in 2007, with Phase One completed in November 2009. It contains 170,000 m2 of office and retail space, in addition to residential space and 2 hotels. [4]
The Leonardo is a 55-floor mixed-use property development in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The fourth tallest building in Africa and the tallest in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, it stands at a height of 234 metres (768 ft). [1] [2] The building is built at 75 Maude Street, approximately 100 metres from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
The South African type MT tender was a steam locomotive tender. Type MT tenders entered service between 1928 and 1945, as tenders to the Classes 12A , 19B , 19C and 19D 4-8-2 Mountain type steam locomotives which were placed in service by the South African Railways during that period.