Telkom’s 2010 Soccer ball sets Guinness World Record

Telkom’s Lukasrand tower is already indelibly etched against the Tshwane (Pretoria) skyline. In a record-breaking effort that has been officially recognised as a Guinness World Record in the category of “largest football sculpture”, this majestic landmark has been spectacularly enhanced with the construction and mounting of a gigantic football at its summit.

The ball is made out of fibre-glass shells that are mounted and supported on the inside with steel frames. Weighing approximately 50 tonnes in total, the ball measures approximately 24 metres in diameter and eight storeys in height. It is larger than any structure of its kind in the country and the African continent.....