List of Top 100 tallest buildings in South Africa in 2025

List of Top 100 tallest buildings in South Africa in 2025. South Africa is the most structurally and economically developed nation on the African continent. As such, its major cities have experienced construction booms that most other cities of similar size in Africa have not. Advanced development is significantly localised around five areas: Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Bloemfontein and Pretoria/Johannesburg. However, key marginal areas have experienced rapid growth. Such areas include the Garden Route (Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay), Rustenburg area, Nelspruit area, Cape West Coast, and the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast.

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Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

Here is a List of Top 100 tallest buildings in South Africa in 2025

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height	Floors	Material	Function
1	The Leonardo	Johannesburg	2019	228 m / 748 ft	56	All-Concrete	Hotel / Residential / Office
2	Carlton Centre	Johannesburg	1973	201 m / 660 ft	49	All-Concrete	Office
3	Ponte Tower	Johannesburg	1975	173 m / 567 ft	54	All-Concrete	Residential
4	Marble Towers	Johannesburg	1973	152 m / 499 ft	32	All-Concrete	Office
5	Pearl Dawn	Durban	2010	152 m / 499 ft	31	All-Concrete	Residential
6	Radio Park Building	Johannesburg	1975	151 m / 495 ft	33	All-Concrete	Office
7	Reserve Bank Building	Pretoria	1988	148 m / 486 ft	38	All-Concrete	Office
8	88 on Field	Durban	1985	147 m / 481 ft	26	All-Concrete	Office
9	Kwadukuza Egoli Hotel Tower 1	Johannesburg	1985	140 m / 459 ft	40	All-Concrete	Hotel
9	Michelangelo Tower	Johannesburg	2005	140 m / 459 ft	34	All-Concrete	Residential
9	ABSA Building	Johannesburg	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	All-Concrete	Office
9	Trust Bank Centre	Johannesburg	1970	140 m / 459 ft	31	All-Concrete	Office
13	Pearl Sky	Durban	2017	139 m/456 ft	37	N/A	Residential / Hotel
13	Standard Bank Centre	Johannesburg	1968	139 m / 456 ft	34	All-Concrete	Office
15	Southern Life Centre	Johannesburg	1973	138 m / 453 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
16	Old Mutual Centre	Durban	1995	137 m / 449 ft	33	All-Concrete	Office
17	Portside	Cape Town	2014	136 m / 448 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
18	Monte Blanc	Durban	1985	133 m / 435 ft	40	All-Concrete	Residential
19	ABSA Building	Pretoria	1976	132 m / 433 ft	38	All-Concrete	Office
20	One Thibault	Cape Town	1972	129 m / 423 ft	32	All-Concrete	Residential / Office
21	209 Smit Street	Johannesburg	1976	128 m / 420 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
22	Atterbury House	Cape Town	1976	127 m / 417 ft	29	All-Concrete	Office
23	The Spinnaker	Durban	2007	124 m / 406 ft	29	N/A	Residential
24	Kine Centre	Johannesburg	1974	123 m / 404 ft	27	All-Concrete	Office
25	Embassy Building	Durban	1991	120 m / 394 ft	28	All-Concrete	Office
26	Foreshore Place	Cape Town	1970	119 m / 390 ft	34	All-Steel	Office / Residential
26	Carlton Hotel	Johannesburg	1973	119 m / 390 ft	30	All-Concrete	Hotel
28	Telkom Tower South	Pretoria	1965	119 m / 390 ft	26	N/A	Office
29	Holiday Inn Garden Court Marine Parade	Durban	1985	118 m / 388 ft	28	All-Concrete	Hotel
30	National Treasury Building	Pretoria	1972	118 m / 388 ft	29	N/A	Office
31	Pearl Breeze	Durban	2008	118 m / 388 ft	25	All-Concrete	Residential
32	16 on Bree	Cape Town	2021	118 m / 387 ft	36	All-Concrete	Residential
32	Holiday Inn Garden Court North Beach	Durban	1978	118 m / 387 ft	33	All-Concrete	Hotel
32	Metlife Centre	Cape Town	1993	118 m / 387 ft	28	All-Concrete	Office
35	Telkom Tower North	Pretoria	N/A	116 m / 379 ft	26	N/A	Office
36	Sixty-Nine President	Johannesburg	1975	115 m / 377 ft	28	N/A	Office
37	Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence Cape Town	Cape Town	1993	114 m / 374 ft	26	All-Concrete	Residential / Hotel
38	Cape Sun Southern Sun	Cape Town	1983	113 m / 371 ft	33	All-Concrete	Hotel
39	Civitas Building	Pretoria	1973	113 m / 370 ft	31	N/A	Office
40	320 West Street	Durban	1973	110 m / 362 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
41	101 Victoria Embankment	Durban	1981	110 m / 361 ft	38	All-Concrete	Residential
41	Protea Hotel Landmark Lodge	Durban	1976	110 m / 361 ft	31	All-Concrete	Hotel / Office
41	Agricultural Union Centre	Pretoria	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
41	Poytons Building	Pretoria	1968	110 m / 361 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
41	Golden Acre	Cape Town	1979	110 m / 361 ft	28	All-Concrete	Office
41	Schlesinger Building	Johannesburg	1965	110 m / 361 ft	21	All-Concrete	Office
47	The Palace	Durban	1983	110 m / 360 ft	26	All-Concrete	Hotel
48	John Ross House	Durban	1973	109 m / 358 ft	33	All-Concrete	Residential / Office
49	Durban Bay House	Durban	2011	106 m / 348 ft	32	All-Concrete	Office
49	PwC Tower	Johannesburg	2018	106 m / 348 ft	26	All-Concrete	Office
51	Highpoint Hillbrow	Johannesburg	1972	105 m / 344 ft	28	All-Concrete	Residential
52	Maluti Building	Durban	1984	104 m / 341 ft	33	All-Concrete	Residential
53	Transnet Tower	Durban	1973	103 m / 338 ft	27	All-Concrete	Office
54	Saambou Bank Building	Pretoria	1974	102 m / 335 ft	30	All-Concrete	Office
54	Servamus House	Durban	1973	102 m / 335 ft	25	All-Concrete	Office
56	Western Cape Provincial Administration Building	Cape Town	1975	101 m / 331 ft	26	All-Concrete	Government
57	Kruger Park	Pretoria	1985	100 m / 328 ft	33	All-Concrete	Residential
57	Civic Centre	Cape Town	1978	100 m / 328 ft	26	All-Concrete	Government
59	Nedbank Centre	Durban	1975	96 m / 315 ft	25	All-Concrete	Office
59	Eagle Building	Durban	1976	96 m / 315 ft	24	All-Concrete	Office
61	African Eagle Life Centre	Pretoria	1980	95 m / 312 ft	27	All-Concrete	Office
61	Logistics House	Johannesburg	1974	95 m / 312 ft	25	All-Concrete	Office
61	The Marine	Durban	1987	95 m / 312 ft	24	All-Concrete	Office
64	2 Loop Street	Cape Town	1970	93 m / 306 ft	24	All-Concrete	Office
65	Cartwright’s Corner House	Cape Town	1969	92 m / 303 ft	24	All-Concrete	Residential
66	IBM Building	Johannesburg	1976	91 m / 299 ft	25	All-Concrete	Office
67	The Royal Hotel	Durban	1977	89 m / 292 ft	21	All-Concrete	Hotel
68	Naspers Centre	Cape Town	1962	89 m / 292 ft	22	All-Concrete	Office
69	35 Lower Long	Cape Town	2020	86 m / 282 ft	23	All-Concrete	Office
70	Mutual Heights	Cape Town	1939	84 m / 276 ft	18	All-Concrete	Residential
71	Gardens Centre	Cape Town	1973	81 m / 266 ft	22	N/A	Residential
72	Pavilion Place	Cape Town	1970	80 m / 262 ft	26	N/A	Residential
72	Cape Town Ritz Hotel	Cape Town	1970	80 m / 262 ft	25	N/A	Hotel
74	Telkom Tower East	Pretoria	N/A	77 m / 253 ft	18	N/A	Office
75	Carlton Towers	Durban	1965	67 m / 220 ft	20	All-Concrete	Residential
76	Hallmark House	Johannesburg	2016	66 m / 217 ft	17	N/A	Residential
77	Zeitz MOCAA	Cape Town	2017	58 m / 190 ft	14	Composite	Hotel / Museum

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