Annexure 1: Restructuring Zones
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ANNEXURE 1: RESTRUCTURING ZONES The City has identified 8 restructuring zones. The various zones are constituted by the following areas ZONE A Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 19 085 530 m² Witwatersberg mountain range Sunnyside D.F Malan Drive Pretoria Staatsartillerie Road Salvokop Quagga Road Arcadia Southbound railway line including Salvokop area Pretoria West Elandspoort/Walker Streets to Sunnyside and Arcadia Marabastad boundary line ZONE B Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 40 946 235 N1 highway Silverton m² Stormvoël/Tsamaya Roads Jan Niemand Park N4 highway Weavind Park Simon Vermooten Road Moretele View Nellmapius boundary line Nellmapius Waltloo Silvertondale Lindo Park Bellevue Koedoespoort Eersterust Derdepoort ZONE C Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 43 405 094 Atteridgeville boundary line Atteridgeville m² N4 highway Elandspoort Lotus Gardens boundary line Lotus Gardens Acridian/Kalafong Road Danville Pretoria industrial Proclamation Hill Kwaggasrand Wespark ZONE D Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 32 881 951 Magaliesberg mountain range Capital Park m² DF Malan Drive Roseville Les Marais Witwatersberg mountain range Daspoort Soutpansberg Road Parktown Estate Villeria/Rietondale boundary Mayville Wonderboom South Gezina Villeria Rietfontein Rietondale ZONE E Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 19 880 491 R80/Mabopane Highway Rosslyn m² R566 road Soshanguve South Rosslyn boundary line Klip/Kruisfontein M20 road Hebron road ZONE F Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 31 342 497 m² Botha Avenue Verwoerdburgstad Old Johannesburg Road Die Hoewes Nellmapius Road Hennopspark Zwartkop 356-JR farm Doringkloof Highveld ZONE G Size Boundaries Suburbs included in the zone 51 064 913 m² Lavender Road Akasia D.F Malan Drive Lady Selbourne R566 Road Mountain View Doreen Road Pretoria North CBD R80/John Vorster Road Theresa Park Tileba Dorandia Florauna Witfontein Nina Park Suiderberg ANNEXURE 2: TOURISM AND HERITAGE The following are some notable tourism and heritage sites in Mampoer distillery Tshwane. Cullinan has special mention as almost the entire node can Education programmes be considered a tourism destination. Camping facilities Picnic facilities (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. See http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za) 1. Sammy Marks Museum The 48 room colonial mansion, known as Zwartkoppies Hall was the residence of magnate Sammy Marks and dates back to 1884. This Victorian residence is unique since the house and interior is preserved The earliest history of the farm traces back to 1859. and authentic. The farm Kaalfontein was given by Willem Wragtig to his eldest son Today the house is a museum . Lang Willem. In 1898 the Anglo Boer War broke out. Lang Willem and his two sons were “bittereinders” and Cornelia, Willem’s wife was sent (SA Places, see http://www.places.co.za) to the Howik concentration camp. The farm house was partly burnt down but the family rebuilt it after the war. Willem Petrus Prinsloo moved to the Transvaal during the Groot Trek. HE is one of the 4th 2. Diamond Hill War Memorial generation Prinsloos. The Prinsloo family became a well known family with interesting history. This is the site of graves of British and Canadian troops who died in the Anglo Boer War. (Gauteng Tourism. See http://www.gauteng.com) (http://www.wikipedia.org) 4. Italian Prisoner of War Memorial 3. Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum Between 1941-1945, the biggest concentration of Italian Prisoners of War, over 90 000, who were captured in North Africa, were housed in This active 1880 farmstead museum include: South Africa at Zonderwater Prison. During this period the army took over the village and even the golf course was used to pitch tents on. An old farm yard, indigenous domesticated animals kept here. House Museum, and 1880 house, blacksmith and wagon shed. Among the prisoners of war were musicians, craftsmen and artists who Exhibition Centre, showing the development of agriculture and painted eight murals during 1942 in the old Recreation Club Hall. housing a large collection of farm implements and animal drawn vehicles These 3mx4m mural paintings depicted South African and British scenes of historical interest. These paintings may have been copied from photographs or post cards, as most are copies of well known The community of Onverwacht are descendants from freed Malay artists such as Erich Mayer and WH Coetzer. slaves who arrived with the Malan “na-trek” in 1857. They intermarried with mainly Pedi people. The land was given to them by After the war ended in 1945, many Prisoners of War elected to stay on President Paul Kruger for their assistance during the Anglo Boer Wars in South Africa, though only 30 000 were eventually permitted to (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. See http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za). remain. (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. See http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za) 7. Bloemendaal Historical Farm Italian Prisoners of War living on the farm during World War II, created About 264 prisoners were buried in the Italian Military Cemetery lovely stonework, cement sculptures and buildings which can still be outside Cullinan. An annual service is held on the first Sunday of seen today. (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. See November to commemorate the prisoners who died. SA Airforce, http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za) Department: Defence Republic of South Africa. (See http://www.af.mil.za) 8. KoMjekejeke Ndebele Cultural Site 5. Premier Mine History suggests that in the late 1500 a Ndebele settlement immediately north of Pretoria was found under the ruler Musi. A The Premier Mine was registered in 1902 and prospecting started succession struggle under Musi’s sons resulted in two main tribal immediately. By 1904 the mine employed more than 2 000 people. categories, Ndzundza and Manala. The Manala chiefdom settled in On 25 January 1905 a diamond with the mass of 3 106 carats was 1873 on land provided by the Berlin Mssion, some 30 kilometers north found and the history of the Cullinan Diamond began. It is the largest of Pretoria at a place called KoMjekejeke (Wallmannsthal). gemstone ever found and two of the stones cut from the diamond are found in the British Crown Jewels. (www.everyculture.com) (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. See http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za) 9. Bronkhorstspruit War Memorial 6. Onverwacht In honour of the Boere troops that died in the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit. The monument is approximately 10km outside Bronkhorstspruit on the Bapsfontein Road. (Dinokeng Tourist Guide. proximity of other symbolic locations; and See http://www.cullinanmeander.co.za) appropriateness of the broader context. Landmarks are conspicuous natural features and man-made 10. Kgodwana Ndebele Traditional Village structures. They mark place and thereby reinforce the spatial structure of the city and its legibility. Gateways are features of the natural Reconstruction of Ndbele dwellings, exhibitions of arts and crafts and topography which, in combination with major entrance/exit routes, demonstrations of beadwork and weaving can be seen. announce arrival into the city or its distinct parts. The existing man- made landmarks include the Telkom tower (Lukas Rand), Union (www.sahistory.org.za) Buildings, UNISA complex, Voortrekker Monument, CSIR complex, Hospital precinct, Old Power Station (Pretoria West), Power Station (Rooiwal), Sizani Cultural Village and the most intensely built-up Symbolic locations have to be chosen very carefully as symbolic central area (Inner City). elements to be placed/erected on these locations are meant to retain their historical, cultural, aesthetical, emotional and other value for generations to come. The criteria for identifying these locations Major natural landmarks include the entire Magaliesberg, include the following: Meintjieskop, Daspoortrand, Schurweberg/Kwaggasrand, Bronberg, Strubenkop, and Pyramid Koppies (Onder-stepoort), Bronkhorstspruit Dam. natural prominence and visibility of the site prominence, visibility and monumentality of the site due to the layout and the position of other city Major gateway elements of Tshwane include the following: structuring elements historical relevance of the site the particularly scenic entrance at the Fountains Valley views (vistas) from the site the N1 in the vicinity of the CSIR and UP Experimental farm beauty of the setting the ‘poort’ at the National Zoological Gardens accessibility the ‘poort’ at the water purification works adjacent to DF natural and ecological considerations Malan Drive; and the ‘poort’ through the Magaliesberg adjacent to the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Sites suitable for future landmarks features include the following: sites at all major entrances into the city e.g. southern entrance into Nelson Mandela Drive (inner city); eastern end of Church Street / Pretorius Street (Hatfield); Western end of Church Street (Pretoria West); northern end of Paul Kruger Street / Mansfield Avenue (Mayville); northern end of Voortrekker Road / HF Verwoerd Drive (Wonderboom South) Hospital Hill, Riviera Magaliesberg, at the crossing of Voortrekker Road. 11. Cullinan Cullinan, named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, bears the distinction of being the site of discovery of the world’s largest diamond. Cullinan and the Premier Mine was originally part of the “Cornelius Minnaar Farm”, Elandsfontein 85, registered in 1859. A portion of the farm was sold to Willem Prinsloo in 1896 which was later sold to Thomas Cullinan