Tag Archives: Creative Cape Town

I love it when a plan comes together

13 June 10 8 Comments

“I love it when a plan comes together” was one of the catchphrases of John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, a character in the popular 1980s TV-series, The A-Team. I felt like repeating it on Friday evening when I saw 20 000 people (the City of Cape Town’s official figure) using the Cape Town…

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Siyajikeleza, Laat Wiel, Going Places

19 May 10 3 Comments

At the invitation of the City of Cape Town, I went for a ride on one of the new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) buses today to view three of the stations that have recently been completed: Civic Centre, CT Airport and Cape Town Stadium. It was exciting experience, as it is now possible to…

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Creating Spaces for Creatives

02 May 10 0 Comments

Given our commitment in Cape Town to supporting and developing creative industries, I was interested to see what Toronto is doing when I visited there two weeks ago. After all, it’s where Richard Florida, influential writer on the role of the creative classes in cities, now directs the Martin Prosperity Institute,…

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Company’s Garden is an ideal public space for families in the city

24 March 10 0 Comments

The successful Cape Town Festival, held over the Human Rights Day weekend in the Company’s Garden in the Cape Town Central City, proved to be an ideal event for families. Shaen Adey took the pictures for the Cape Town Partnership.

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Public spaces and places in the city come of age on Human Rights Day weekend

17 March 10 0 Comments

A large part of our time at the Cape Town Partnership and CCID  is spent on finding ways in which our public spaces can be used by and for citizens of this city. The multiple events taking place this coming Human Rights Day weekend point to a coming of age in…

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Sm(art) opening

14 March 10 0 Comments

I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the opening of the Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition at the Cape Town City Hall last night. The event was well attended and a great success. Well done to Tanner Methvin and the Africa Centre for pulling it off.

This is what I said at the…

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Imagine City Hall

21 February 10 1 Comment

I’ve never been a fan of the Cape Town City Hall from an architectural and aesthetic point of view. I always find it a bit gloomy – two buildings in one rather awkwardly joined together with a rabbit-warren of corridors and rooms. However, there is no denying its symbolic and…

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City contagious

13 February 10 1 Comment

The Africa Centre’s Infecting the City Public Arts Festival kicked off in public spaces in the Cape Town Central City this morning. The theme for this year’s festival is Human Rite. I saw two very powerful yet different performances – Quiet Emergency on Thibault Square and Meet Market on Church…

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‘Life after 2010′ – Talk to the Cape Town Press Club, 08 February

11 February 10 4 Comments

There are five key elements of the 2010 World Cup legacy for Cape Town:

  • R14bn of infrastructure, much of it funded by National Treasury (e.g. CT Stadium, Green Point Urban Park, CT Airport, rail station upgrades, first phase IRT, highway intersections, pedestrian routes, cycle routes, public squares) – There

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East City – two good, one bad

27 January 10 3 Comments

I toured the East City precinct in the Cape Town Central City yesterday – and saw two amazing projects, and one disaster.

I first went to the City Hall to see the installation of the Spier Contemporary biennial Arts Competition and Exhibition, set to open on 14 March.…

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Creative Cape Town

30 November 09 0 Comments

We have some wonderful organisations supporting creative industries in Cape Town. One of them is the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI), based in the East City. Consider the following:

  • Nine years ago, CCDI started with 63 producers. They now work with 1 353 producers in Cape Town and the Western Cape

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