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Built by the people

The V&A Waterfront works with partners across tourism, hospitality, conservation, the marine economy, property development and the creative sector. This shared stake means our partners work as a community for the neighbourhood's common good.

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Visits a year, from Cape Town regulars to first-time visitors from across the world.

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Direct and indirect jobs, and still growing.

The V&A Waterfront

A working harbour. A living neighbourhood

One of the oldest working harbours in the southern hemisphere is also one of the most visited urban destinations in Africa. These parallels are what make the V&A Waterfront the dynamic neighbourhood it is; industrial and civic, historic and contemporary, local and global.

From early-morning runners to office workers and late-night diners, 26 million people move through this 123-hectare neighbourhood every year. They may come for different reasons, but they keep returning because this neighbourhood welcomes everyone.


Our Purpose

To collectively create the world's most inspiring waterfront neighbourhood

The V&A Waterfront business strategy started with a question: where do our commercial interests intersect with the social and environmental challenges around us? And what happens if we engage seriously?

The answer became the foundation for everything we do here. A business that works at that intersection doesn't choose between profit and purpose; it finds that one advances the other. Opportunity, sustainability, and inclusivity are not trade-offs against commercial success; they are the conditions for it.

Meet the Team

Leadership with heart

The V&A Waterfront is 50% owned by Growthpoint Properties and 50 % by the Government Employees Pension Fund, represented by the Public Investment Corporation. The leadership team they have appointed brings diverse skills to managing a complex mixed-use precinct while living by the belief that good business is kind business.

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Doing Good Business

Ventures that shape our neighbourhood

The Watershed

A permanent home for more than 150 local artists, designers and craftspeople since 2014. The continent's largest dedicated market for African creative work.

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SOLVE

The V&A Waterfront's urban innovation platform, using the precinct as a live test bed for solutions in food systems, waste management and ocean stewardship. Built to be replicated elsewhere.

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Joy from Africa to the World

A festive-season platform built around local craft, art and design, this is an honest celebration of African creativity. One hundred and fifty-five jobs created, supported and retained.

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Two Oceans Aquarium

A world-leading marine conservation institution. Home to thousands of species from two oceans, and to the science working to protect them.

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Zeitz MOCAA

Africa's largest museum of contemporary art. One hundred galleries. Six thousand square metres. One converted grain silo.

Zeitz MOCCAA

Makers Landing

A food precinct and kitchen incubator for emerging culinary entrepreneurs. Twenty-four businesses in incubation, 84 full-time jobs, and the place where the next generation of South African food culture is being made.

V&A Makers Market

CDI Circular Maker Space

The V&A Waterfront has launched the Circular Maker Space at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal, operated by the CDI, to support local designers, makers and creative entrepreneurs.

A new business chapter

The V&A's next chapter of growth is unfolding across our mixed-use neighbourhood, with new spaces that connect people, business and the city.

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Our Partners

Built together

The V&A Waterfront is jointly owned by Growthpoint Properties and the Government Employees Pension Fund, represented by the Public Investment Corporation. The neighbourhood's character is shaped by a wider network of partners across business, community, conservation and culture - each with a stake in what this place becomes.