List of tallest buildings in South Africa
Tallest buildings
This list ranks South African buildings that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details.

List of tallest buildings in South Africa

Section Title: Tallest buildings
Table Section Text: This list ranks South African buildings that stand at least 100 m (328 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details.

Name	Height (architectural)	Floors	Built	City	Notes

The Leonardo	234 m (767 ft)	55	2019	Johannesburg	Tallest building in Africa since 2019

Carlton Centre	223 m (732 ft)	50	1973	Johannesburg	Was the tallest building in South Africa and on the Continent of Africa until 2019

Ponte City Apartments	173 m (568 ft)	54	1975	Johannesburg	Tallest residential building in Africa.

Marble Towers	152 m (499 ft)	32	1973	Johannesburg

Pearl Dawn	152 m (499 ft)	31	2010	Durban	Tallest building outside a downtown CBD and tallest in Durban. Part of the Pearls of Umhlanga Development.

South African Reserve Bank Building	150 m (490 ft)	38	1988	Pretoria	Tallest building in Pretoria

88 on Field	146 m (479 ft)	26	1985	Durban	Tallest building in Durban Central.

Sandton City Office Tower	141 m (463 ft)	22	1973	Sandton	Topped out in 2014.

Michelangelo Towers	140 m (460 ft)	34	2005	Sandton	The tallest hotel in South Africa.

ABSA Tower	140 m (460 ft)	32	1970	Johannesburg

KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1	140 m (460 ft)	40	1970	Johannesburg	Mothballed since 1998

Trust Bank Building	140 m (460 ft)	31	1970	Johannesburg

Portside Tower	139 m (456 ft)	32	2014	Cape Town	Tallest building in Cape Town.

Standard Bank Centre	139 m (456 ft)	34	1968	Johannesburg

Southern Life Centre	138 m (453 ft)	30	1973	Johannesburg

Monte Blanc	133 m (436 ft)	40	1985	Durban

ABSA Tower Pretoria	132 m (433 ft)	38	1976	Pretoria

Old Mutual Centre	130 m (430 ft)	33	1995	Durban

UCS Building	128 m (420 ft)	29	1976	Johannesburg

1 Thibault Square	127 m (417 ft)	31	1972	Cape Town

The Spinnaker	124 m (407 ft)	27	2007	Durban

Kine Centre	123 m (404 ft)	27	1974	Johannesburg

Embassy Building	120 m (390 ft)	28	1991	Durban

Metlife Centre	119 m (390 ft)	28	1993	Cape Town

Atterbury House	119 m (390 ft)	29	1976	Cape Town

Carlton Hotel	119 m (390 ft)	30	1973	Johannesburg	Mothballed since 1997

Pearl Breeze	118 m (387 ft)	25	2010	Durban

Southern Sun Garden Court Marine Parade	118 m (387 ft)	28	1985	Durban

Southern Sun Garden Court North Beach	118 m (387 ft)	33	1978	Durban

ABSA Centre Cape Town	117 m (384 ft)	34	1970	Cape Town

Radiopark	117 m (384 ft)	30	1962	Johannesburg

Civitas Building	112 m (367 ft)	31	1973	Pretoria

320 West Street	111 m (364 ft)	30	1973	Durban

Poyntons Centre	110 m (360 ft)	30	1968	Pretoria

Schlesinger Building	110 m (360 ft)	21	1965	Johannesburg

Golden Acre	110 m (360 ft)	28	1979	Cape Town

Protea Hotel Landmark Lodge	110 m (360 ft)	31	1976	Durban

The Palace	110 m (360 ft)	26	1986	Durban

Agricultural Union Centre	110 m (360 ft)	30	1968	Pretoria

John Ross House	109 m (358 ft)	33	1973	Durban

Durban Bay House	106 m (348 ft)	32	1986	Durban

Southern Sun Cape Sun	105 m (344 ft)	32	1982	Cape Town

Highpoint Hillbrow	105 m (344 ft)	25	1972	Johannesburg

Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence	104 m (341 ft)	26	1993	Cape Town

Maluti	104 m (341 ft)	33	1984	Durban

Transnet Tower	103 m (338 ft)	27	1973	Durban

Pearl Sky	102 m (335 ft)	31	2010	Durban

101 Victoria Embankment	102 m (335 ft)	38	1981	Durban

Servamus House	102 m (335 ft)	25	1973	Durban

Saambou Building	102 m (335 ft)	30	1951	Pretoria

Western Cape Provincial Administration Building	101 m (331 ft)	26	1976	Cape Town

Loch Logan Park	100 m (330 ft)	20	1983	Bloemfontein

Bowmans Gilfillan Building	100 m (330 ft)	18	2017	Sandton

Sentence(s)

Ponte City Apartments was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m, and it is the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa.

final_sentence: Ponte City Apartments was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m, and it is the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa.