V&A Waterfront

Pacific World cruise ship docked at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal this morning, marking the start of the 2024/5 cruise season. This year, we have 88 cruise visits scheduled, and 120 000 passengers expected, seeing a significant increase in arrivals and visitors compared to previous years – highlighting Cape Town’s growing reputation as a global cruise destination. Read more about this, and other news here: https://lnkd.in/dy6W299k

SOLVE@Waterfront is calling for innovative solutions to tackle waste challenges in Southern Africa! If you’re an innovator, change-maker, or thought leader with a product, technology, or service that champions circularity, we want to hear from you! Let’s work together to conserve resources, minimize waste, and protect our ecosystems. Read more about this, and other news here: https://lnkd.in/djSYThcU #2024CircularInnovationChallenge #Sustainability #OurBetterNature

Choose your favourite store or restaurant from our Top 5 People’s Choice Award nominees and you could win a R3 500 V&A voucher to celebrate the Waterfront’s 35th birthday! The People’s Choice Award goes to one store and one restaurant in the precinct and is determined entirely by public vote – giving visitors the power to support the establishments that make their Waterfront experience a special one. Congratulations to all 10 tenants who have made it into the Top 5 in their respective sectors. We acknowledge their hard work and dedication. And here they are… Top 5 Stores: Mr Price Group Woolworths HintHunt Africa H&M Shimansky Jewelry - Cape Town, New York. Top 5 Restaurants: Spur Steak Ranch Quay Four tashas Cafe Willoughby & Co. Ocean Basket Holdings Who will you be voting for? It’s easy to vote online, and once you’ve made your choice, you’ll automatically be entered into the lucky draw to win the R3 500 V&A voucher. Your vote counts more than you might think - it is an opportunity to support the shortlisted businesses and celebrate their success. The People’s Choice Award honours the tenants who are the most beloved by visitors and customers, solidifying their reputations as the favourite brands among patrons and setting benchmarks for excellence. Cast your vote until midnight on 11 September 2024 and stand a chance to win. Click here: https://lnkd.in/dYc7TtKS #vandawaterfront #tenantawards #neighbourhoodawards #waterfront #peopleschoice

Entries are now closed and we’re thrilled and grateful that more than 30 high-profile judges, each of them leaders in their respective fields, have agreed to join us in adjudicating the V&A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards 2024. We know their invaluable experience and expertise will enrich the process and deepen its legitimacy, validating the spirit that we are #bettertogether. To judge the 19 awards, panels have been drawn from the V&A Waterfront’s senior management and tourism-promotion bodies, as well as consumer insights experts such as trend forecaster Dion Chang of Flux Trends; Enver Duminy, CEO of Cape Town Tourism; Miles Kubheka, CEO of food accelerator Wakanda; and Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries; and many others. Discover all the judges via this e-book: https://lnkd.in/dirTrrkp. We wish the judges well as they go about evaluating outstanding contributions from our tenants. Winners will be announced in September 2024. Watch this space! #vandawaterfront #tenantawards #neighbourhoodawards #waterfront #retail #judges #judgingprocess

As part of the V&A Waterfront's Our Better Nature campaign, we’ve partnered with Twyg, a platform dedicated to sustainable, circular, regenerative, and ethical living, to bring their Slow Fashion Festival to our neighbourhood. The fast fashion industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental degradation, from excessive waste to harmful production practices. This festival aims to raise awareness and inspire change, showing that together, we can create a more sustainable future for fashion. Click here to read more about this, and other events in our neighbourhood: https://lnkd.in/d-WFC6Qc #OurBetterNature #SlowFashionFestival #Sustainability

As a neighbourhood and as human beings, we share a responsibility to shape a greener, healthier world for all. Join us on our journey towards healing and protecting our planet. #ourbetternature #natureandnurture #sustainability

Out in the ocean, creatures that like to feed on jellyfish often swallow tattered bits of plastic bags trailing in the water because they confuse them with their favourite food. This can be a cause of death for marine animals, especially turtles, alerting us to the deep need to preserve and protect sea life by preventing pollution and reducing plastic waste. This makes the giant jellyfish sculpture formed out of plastic and other waste materials - that is part of the Our Better Nature art route at the V&A Waterfront - all the more relevant and poignant. But it also alerts us to how ingenious we can be when we put our minds to solving the problem of waste. Conceptualised by artist Michael Methven, his studio brought the sculpture to life by cleverly reusing a range of materials including rope offcuts, plastic piping offcuts and roll ends, end-of-roll fabrics and paper pulped from household waste. To make it all safe and sturdy, recyclable stainless steel provided the framework to carry the weight of the piece. The end result is fantastical and transporting, don’t you agree? The aim of the Our Better Nature installations is to inspire us all, because when we act from our better nature, nature gets better. We invite you to share your own sustainability efforts with us before 30 August 2024 and you could win a V&A Waterfront gift card valued at R2 000! Click here: https://lnkd.in/d9nVKjKj Come and engage with this magical jellyfish installation and then take a turn past the Two Oceans Aquarium to view the live jellyfish that inspired its creation. #ourbetternature #sustainability #upcycling #recycling #waste #art #vandawaterfront

This past Mandela Day was a success for our CSI partners, Ladles of Love and SA Harvest, who both reached incredible milestones in their efforts to bring about positive change. Thank you to all the volunteers and contributors who joined us on the day, showcasing the power of collective action and compassion. Click here to read more and to see what else we have going on in our neighbourhood: https://lnkd.in/dtwks42g #MandelaDay #VANDAWaterfront #LadlesOfLove #SAHarvest #ChefsWithCompassion

With the aim of opening up better ways of doing things, we’ve reached out to the makers behind the Our Better Nature installations that are currently on display at the V&A Waterfront. They form part of a nature-inspired, immersive art route that expresses our neighbourhood’s ongoing commitment to pioneering sustainable innovations.   Chatting to Tapiwa Patrick Zvanyanya of African Arts in Hout Bay, who created the gorgeous and ever-so-lifelike fish and seal sculptures, we discovered that he looks to pictures and videos of real animals for his inspiration. He then makes a frame out of galvanised wire, which is then clad with metal from discarded coffee pods.   “I source the used coffee pods from a number of places. A few locals drop them off here at my studio in Hout Bay and I also collect them at the scrapyard. The coffee inside the pods is already used, so I tip that out and use it for compost,” he explains. He then uses a rubber hammer to flatten the pods before creating the overlapping layers that are applied to the wire frame, making wonder from waste in the process.   We salute this feat of upcycling ingenuity that speaks to Our Better Nature! Inspired? Keen to share your own efforts in shaping a greener tomorrow? We’re interested in hearing about the sustainability efforts you practice at home, in your community, or at your business. Let us know via this quick online Pledge form before 30 August 2024 and you could win a V&A Waterfront gift card valued at R2 000: https://lnkd.in/d9nVKjKj   #ourbetternature #sustainability #upcycling #recycling #waste #art #vandawaterfront

As we embrace #PlasticsFreeJuly, we’re eager to see groundbreaking solutions that can help us build a cleaner, more sustainable future. Remember, entries are open until the end of the month - let's harness this opportunity to drive meaningful change together. SOLVE@Waterfront #sustainability #inclusivity #opportunity