JOHANNESBURG – Visible from almost anywhere in Johannesburg, the 54-story Ponte Tower is reputed to be the tallest residential building in Africa. The distinctive circular tower was once a ...

The tours of Ponte and Hillbrow are organized by Dlala Nje, a community centre on the ground floor of the tower, dedicated to challenging the old stereotypes about Johannesburg's most infamous ...

South Africa’s Tower of Dreams ... Ponte City, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008. Photo by Mikhael Subotzky in collaboration with Patrick Waterhouse/Magnum Photos. Tweet Share Share Comment ...

The Ponte Tower, a residential skyscraper, center, displays a Vodacom Group Ltd. advertisement as it stands on the city skyline in this aerial view of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dean Hutton/Bloomberg ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Visible from many parts of sprawling Johannesburg, the 54-story Ponte Tower is one of the tallest residential buildings in Africa. The distinctive circular tower was once a ...

PERCHED on a hill, the highest residential building in South Africa seems even taller than its 54 stories as it looms over one of the most feared neighbourhoods in Johannesburg.

Johannesburg has found its feet in post-apartheid South Africa Credit: getty As with disaster-zone tourism, the divide between the inappropriate and the acceptable can be so faint as to be invisible.

Forty years ago, this was the advertising slogan for Ponte City tower, which was once one of the most coveted addresses in Johannesburg but went on to become the site of drugs, death and despair.

Johannesburg's iconic Ponte Tower has been the scene-stealer in Hollywood blockbusters like Resident Evil and District 9. But it's also been dubbed Africa's first vertical slum.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Visible from many parts of sprawling Johannesburg, the 54-story Ponte Tower is one of the tallest residential buildings in Africa. The distinctive circular tower was once … ...