| Lukasrand Tower | |
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 Lukasrand Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Radio tower |
| Location | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 25°45′58″S 28°12′20″E / 25.76611°S 28.20556°E |
| Completed | 1978 |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 198 m (650 ft) |
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]
