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  2. V&A Waterfront - Wikipedia

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    The V&A Waterfront is a mixed-use destination located in the oldest working harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] With Table Mountain as its backdrop, [2] the 123-hectare neighbourhood is located within the Cape Town, South Africa, where millions of people visit each year. [3] It contains art, entrepreneurs, and sustainable design.

  3. Andrew Boraine - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Boraine. Andrew Michael Boraine (born 18 February 1959) is an international expert on economic and urban development and partnering for systems change, who has worked in the development sector in South Africa for more than 41 years. [1] He was a senior official in the constitutional department of Nelson Mandela ’s government in the ...

  4. District Six - Wikipedia

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    The District Six area is situated in the city bowl of Cape Town. It is made up of Walmer Estate, Zonnebloem, and Lower Vrede (the former Roeland Street Scheme). Some parts of Walmer Estate, like Rochester Street, were completely destroyed, while some parts like Cauvin Road were preserved, but the houses were demolished.

  5. History of the Cape Colony from 1870 to 1899 - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The year 1870 in the history of the Cape Colony marks the dawn of a new era in South Africa, and it can be said that the development of modern South Africa began on that date. Despite political complications that arose from time to time, progress in Cape Colony continued at a steady pace until the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer Wars in 1899.

  6. Portside Tower - Wikipedia

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    Portside Tower. /  33.91667°S 18.42194°E  / -33.91667; 18.42194. Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building [3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years. [4]

  7. Development management in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Development Management, formerly known as planning control, or development control, is the element of the United Kingdom 's system of town and country planning through which local government or the Secretary of State, regulates land use and new building, i.e. development. It relies on a "plan-led system" whereby development plans are produced ...

  8. Heritage Western Cape - Wikipedia

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    Heritage Western Cape ( HWC) is a provincial heritage resources authority established by the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the government of the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is a public entity set up under the terms of the National Heritage Resources Act. [2] It is mandated to care for that part of South Africa's ...

  9. Sea Point - Wikipedia

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    Sea Point (Afrikaans: Seepunt) is an affluent and densely populated suburb of Cape Town, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). Moving from Sea Point to the CBD, one passes first through the small suburb of Three Anchor Bay, then Green Point.