Tag Archives: District Six

Why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014

05 September 10 3 Comments

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For an overview as to why Cape Town is currently bidding for the title of World Design Capital 2014, and changing the name of the design game in the process, read the excellent article by my colleague, Lorelle Bell, followed by the editorial by the Cape Argus, which gets it spot on. Then…

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Cape Town Squared (or how some of our most valuable public assets are not being properly used)

20 July 10 5 Comments

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Do you remember the popular zebra artworks dotted around public spaces in Cape Town during the World Cup? Well, they’ve now migrated to the Artscape Piazza on the Foreshore.

The 33 zebras form an exhibition entitled ‘Not all is Black and White’, by the World for All…

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Bloody brilliant!

13 February 10 0 Comments

I normally eschew using the description ‘world class’ – it often means trying to measure up to someone else’s standards rather than setting our own. But in the case of the opening of The Fugard Theatre in the Cape Town Central City last night, I’m prepared to make an exception.…

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District Six – what is to be done?

06 December 09 0 Comments

About two weeks ago, Murray Williams of the Cape Argus asked Mayor Dan Plato, Premier Helen Zille, Anwar Nagia of the District Six Development Trust, Western Cape Land Claims Commissioner Beverly Jansen and myself to give our perspectives on the causes of the delay in the restitution

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