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54,767 (2016) Website. www .standardbank .com. Standard Bank Group Limited [2] is a major South African bank and financial services group. It is Africa 's biggest lender by assets. [3] The company's corporate headquarters, Standard Bank Centre, is situated in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg.
The bank is a large financial services provider. As of December 2014, the bank's total assets were valued at ZAR:32,239,234,000. At that time, the shareholders' equity was ZAR:3,765,873,000. Branch network. In April 2016, the bank had branches at Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. See also. List of banks in South Africa
The Trust Bank Building was tied with the Johannesburg Sun Hotel as the tallest building in Africa from 1970 to 1973. Portside Tower: 139 m (456 ft) 32: 2014: Cape Town: Tallest building in Cape Town. Standard Bank Centre: 139 m (456 ft) 34: 1968: Johannesburg: The Standard Bank Centre was the tallest building in Africa from 1968 to 1970. It ...
The bank was incorporated in London on 15 October 1862 as Standard Bank of British South Africa. It was formed by a group of South African businessmen led by John Paterson. [1] : 3 The bank started operations in 1863 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and soon after opening it merged with several other banks including the Commercial Bank of Port ...
On 2 March 1792 the acting governor of the Cape, Johan Isaac Rhenius, opened a post office in a room next to the pantry at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. This was the start of what became the South African Post Office (SAPO). By 1805, there was a regular inland mail service between Algoa Bay and False Bay in the Cape, using farmers on ...
History Main article: History of the Democratic Alliance (South Africa) Helen Suzman Harry Schwarz Helen Suzman and Harry Schwarz, who were prominent anti-apartheid campaigners during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s Beginnings in the Democratic Party Although the Democratic Alliance in its present form is fairly new, its roots can be traced far back in South African political history, through a ...
Standard Bank Building. The Standard Bank Building (10 November 1908) was designed by Architects Stucke & Bannister. It is found in Marshalltown in the South African city of Johannesburg in Commissioner, Harrison and Fox streets.
The first-ever recorded cricket match in South Africa took place in 1808, in Cape Town between two service teams for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars. [11] The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843.