name | city | years as tallest | metres | feet | floors |
carlton centre | johannesburg | 1973 - present | 223.0 | 732 | 50 |
kwadukuza egoli hotel tower 1 , trust bank building | johannesburg | 1970 - 1973 | 140.0 | 459 | 31 |
standard bank building | johannesburg | 1968 - 1970 | 138.8 | 455 | 34 |
schlesinger building | johannesburg | 1965 - 1968 | 110.0 | 361 | 21 |
naspers centre | cape town | 1962 - 1965 | 93.0 | 205 | 22 |
mutual heights building | cape town | 1940 - 1962 | 91.0 | 298 | 18 |
chamber of mines building | johannesburg | 1936 - 1940 | 80.0 | 262 | 18 |
union buildings | pretoria | 1913 - 1936 | 60.0 | 196 | 10 |