Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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PROFILE<br />
Constitution Hill<br />
Dedicated to remembering past<br />
struggles, Constitution Hill is a site<br />
of consciousness and conscience.<br />
Located on the site of<br />
Johannesburg’s infamous Old<br />
Fort Prison Complex, where many<br />
apartheid struggle heroes were<br />
persecuted, Constitution Hill is<br />
a multi-million rand inner city<br />
regeneration project. The intention<br />
with the project, anchored by<br />
the South African Constitutional<br />
Court, is to develop the available<br />
portions as iconic infrastructure<br />
in such a way that it is sensitive<br />
to the context, the architecture<br />
as well as the overall ambition of<br />
the stakeholders.<br />
The site houses the Women’s Gaol Museum, Number<br />
Four Museum and the Old Fort Museum. The<br />
Constitutional Court and other strategic tenants play<br />
an educational role focusing on constitutionalism,<br />
human rights, and democracy. Boasting a variety<br />
of multipurpose venues, suitable for conferencing,<br />
performance, a large array of events and for public<br />
activities and programmes, this national heritage<br />
site reflects the stories of South Africa’s turbulent<br />
past and its extraordinary transition to democracy.<br />
Once a place of injustice and brutality, where South<br />
Africa’s leading political activists (including Nelson<br />
Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were detained), the<br />
site has been transformed into a place of solidarity<br />
and democracy and today it boasts of a total of 21<br />
indoor and outdoor venues spread over three buildings<br />
ranging in capacity from 20 to 1 200 guests.<br />
Apart from hosting engaging and gripping exhibitions,<br />
Constitution Hill, or ConHill, as it is famously<br />
known, is also open to the public for guided tours<br />
and has become an important platform for heritage,<br />
education, and tourism related programmes. With<br />
its rich history and character, Constitution Hill boasts<br />
the ideal platforms to educate and learn about South<br />
Africa’s story.<br />
The Constitution Hill Development Company<br />
(ConHill) was established in order to set up the appropriate<br />
management arrangements to ensure the<br />
delivery of heritage, education and tourism programmes,<br />
including key functions that would realise<br />
the overall vision for the site and contribute to the<br />
revitalisation of the inner-city.<br />
Programmes<br />
Heritage, Education and Tourism Programme<br />
(HET): Through this programme, Constitution Hill<br />
promoted social entrepreneurship through the development<br />
and hosting of creative works. It also<br />
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