Solar installers in Joburg CBD and Inner City

Before gold was found in 1886 the inner city was government land called Randjeslaagte. Hillbrow was laid out in 1894 and 1895 on the ridge across from the city centre and was brought under the Sanitary Board in 1897. Braamfontein's first suburb dates from 1888 to 1889. In February 1896 a train carrying dynamite exploded there and killed 78 people.

After the Second World War much of Hillbrow was rebuilt as high-rise blocks. Hillbrow Tower was finished in 1971 and is 270 metres tall. Ponte City has 54 storeys and opened in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s many wealthier residents left, buildings deteriorated, and the area now has a large population of immigrants and township residents.

Braamfontein is the fourth-largest office node in Johannesburg, with Art Deco and Brutalist buildings, the University of the Witwatersrand and the Nelson Mandela Bridge. Constitution Hill, home of the Constitutional Court, sits on Hillbrow's edge. Some old office blocks are being turned into flats. Housing is mostly flats and apartment blocks rather than freehold houses.

For your solar or backup power: In City Power areas, solar PV has to be approved before installation. City Power describes a process of an application number, an emailed PV form, a site inspection, then a Certificate of Compliance and commissioning form after installation. In blocks, rooftop panels belong to the whole building, so the body corporate, owner and City Power would all need to agree before anything is fitted.