AfrICA’S CrADLE fOr DESIgN &

LEADErShIp EXCELLENCE

Today’s buildings have taken on an iconic status that allows people to appreciate them long before they ever encounter them in person, if they ever do.David Sucher

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MoDILA is a trust that offers educational programs that raise awareness, trains and inspire the public, and offers an interactive multimedia platform for design, innovation and entrepreneurship and art studies.

Touching on the significance of the knowledge economy and the invaluable contribution Design, Innovation Leadership & Art have to make to the growing of this economy, MoDILA vividly transports us to a place where a vibrant, convivial and all inclusive economy, fuelled by the celebration of innovation, science and the arts, articulates a better future for all.

MoDILA will be the premier contemporary museum on the continent and its programs will play a significant role in the transformation & prosperity of the Western Cape, South Africa and the continent at large.

This vision will manifest in the following initiatives in order of priority:

+The creation of a bespoke architectural icon that houses a museum of Design, Leadership, Innovation and showcases programs in support of its mandate;

+ The creation of an urban based high impact innovation precinct;

+The creation of a network of related socio-spatial infrastructure under the MoDILA umbrella offers opportunities for long term partnerships to drive urban renewal, cultural regeneration and entrepreneurial activity at a wider scale;

+ To establish an African-based platform for new forms of artistic, design expression that catalyses creativity, innovation engages with local and global audiences;

+ To establish a laboratory for communicating and advancing contemporary African arts and culture; and;

+ To create a self-sustaining economic model that supports the vision.

MoDILA CONTEXT

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What is MoDILA?

A MuSeuM IS A non-profIT, perMAnenT InSTITuTIon In The Ser-vICe of SoCIeTy AnD ITS DeveLopMenT, open To The pubLIC, WhICh ACquIreS, ConServeS, reSeArCheS, CoMMu-nICATeS AnD exhIbITS The TAngIbLe AnD InTAngIbLe herITAge of huMAnITy AnD ITS envIronMenT for The purpoSeS of eDuCA-TIon, STuDy, CeLebrA-TIon AnD enjoyMenT.

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Museum Design ArtInnovation Leadership*

There is the dire need in Cape Town for an institution to record, preserve and stimulate the development of a vibrant design economy for the benefit of local and global audiences.

Through its creative education and display programmes, MoDILA aims to be part of improving the performance of urban/rural areas, public health, social cohesion, job creation and the enrichment of our democracy.

Design is the foundation of the knowledge economy, a contributor to resilient and diverse economic growth and a critical component towards improving the quality of life.

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AfrICA’S CrADLE

fOr DESIgN AND LEADErShIp EXCELLENCE

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For centuries, Africa has infl uenced artists and designers around the world. Great Western fi gures of the modern movement and new trendsetters, such as Picasso, Kandinsky, Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier and Peter and Alison Smithson…are amongst the many inspired by Africa.

Needless to say, there is no permanent showcase for excellence in African art or design on this continent. Typically Africa is represented globally in terms of its historical artifacts and applied arts, such as wood carvings, tools and fabrics. Traditionally imagined as the ‘dark continent’, it is often socially painted as a vast territory mentally and creatively behind the rest of the world.

By contrast, Africa is a continent that is vibrant, innovative and receptive, blessed with remarkable natural, cultural and human resources. Despite struggling against its dearth of high profi le and well respected leaders, it has some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Africa’s creativity and innovation is seldom acknowledged. Those in the know, such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and London’s Tate Modern are building their collections of contemporary African artists. Gradually international awards and media are recognizing Africa’s creative talent – Cape Town will be Africa’s fi rst World Design Capital in 2014, and it is currently celebrating the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award.

South Africa: Africa’s Key player

South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa. As a member of the BRICS region, (Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa) the country has plays a critical role to in the socio economic development of the continent, as well as forming a bridge and meeting point with the North, South, East and West. In the most recent 2011 - 2012 Global Competitiveness Report, South Africa remains at the top of the Sub-Saharan African continent in terms of its global competitiveness. The country is the second 2011 - 2012 highest ranking country amongst the BRICS coalition, with a recognised intellectual and innovation market, and the fourth best fi nancial system worldwide. Instead, South Africa has an educationally ill equipped labour market, struggles with inadequate infrastructure and a poor health system.

MoDILA exists as a response to this situation. Based in Cape Town, this new and exciting organization speaks to the unique cultural, social, political and environmental needs of the city and the continent.

MoDILA AS AN AfrICAN MuSEuM

With just over three million visitors, international and domestic, visiting the city each year Cape Town – South Africa’s oldest city – is named one of the hippest cities in the planet by the New York Times.

The city is currently a seat of intellectual and creative production unparalleled in Africa. Contributing to this are: a vibrant arts scene; a host of leading universities and top South African schools; enterprises and international award winning individuals, product development

start-ups and businesses; a rich fashion, fi lm and architectural tradition and industry. Its annual Design Indaba has 38 000 exhibition visitors and the attached conference attracts top designers from around the world.

Constantly in evolution, Cape Town has ongoing lessons on social and spatial justice which has relevance for the global city in transition, captur ing the contradictions of the post-colonial and post-Apartheid city in a stark and useful fashion. In moving beyond its deeply problematic

political history, Cape Town has is the legislative seat of South Africa, with the highest diversity of race, class and education levels in the sub-Saharan region.

Local and central government plays a strong role in supporting the creative industries, given its employment potential, tourist benefi ts and ways of addressing social problems. The potential that Cape Town offers as a response to the needs of the rest of South Africa, and the African continent, is something which MoDILA builds upon.

CApE TOWN AS ThE hOME Of MoDILA

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The vision

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“…ex AfrICA SIMper A LIquIDI novI”

“…froM AfrICA neW ThIngS ALWAyS CoMe…” Plini the elder 23-79AD

MoDILA’s Aims and programmes:

The MoDILA Trust was established in 2011 with a vision to:

> Foster vibrant contemporary African design, innovation and entrepreneurism

> Promote and use design and art as a tool for progressive social evolution

> Showcase global and local excellence, where possible in dialogue

> Create a tourist attraction premised on the consumption and production of culture, design and innovation, viewed with leadership

Key to MoDILA’s vision:

The ongoing creation and delivery of a MoDILA curatorial programme, currently operating through networks and projects

A proposed MoDILA building to be located within a Designgate-Isango yila District in Cape Town, which will house the MoDILA organisation alongside complimentary appropriate organisations

MoDILA is the first of its kind in Africa and unique on the planet in its focus and approach. It aims to inspire, inform and innovate - cutting across the usual divides between design, art, enterprise and academia, to find a common language that is continually fresh, provocative and socially relevant. MoDILA is ideological and pragmatic to discovering ways to push forward and linking societies in a positive and creative manner.

MoDILA sees its core function as being a non-for-profit museum with a non-political autonomous institutional model. Through MoDILA, traditional notions of museum are contested and transformed into a living laboratory for archiving and reinventing contemporary creative practice across design, innovation, leadership, and the arts. MoDILA aims to create a re-imagination of Africa and the museum as a socio-cultural space, where South African, African and international citizens can communicate and challenge topical processes relating to current societies.

MoDILAThE MuSEuM Of DESIgN, INNOvATION, LEADErShIp AND ThE ArTS

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The three interconnecting strands to its structure are three fl agship programs:

> The Academy of Creative & Leadership Excellence (ACE)

> routes|roots and

> DsgnTête-à-Tête, currently with two support programs:

> OLA! and

> the iMaginarium.

MODILA’S OrgANISATIONAL STruCTurE programme overview

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MoDILA’s ongoing curatorial focus is to refl ect and improve on the conditions of Cape Town and many other developing cities in ways that are creative, educational and engaging whilst juxtaposing it in conversation with other forms of knowledge and approach from the global design community.

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ACE links design with education, enterprise and social issues, aiming to encourage and help future creative practitioners, leaders and entrepreneurs.

At the same time it fosters the arts, design and new modes of citizenship by encouraging youth to participate and develop their skills and ambitions. The program brings together accredited leaders and mentors in their fi elds with learners, collaborating with educational institutions and non-profi t organisations on specifi c projects.

20 Schools : 1 CityThis programme seeks to reunite basic, social and knowledge infrastructure (that is, the growth of ideas and solutions) in an interconnected manner, raising the impact of socio-economic development in disparate communities.

The focus is on a network of neighbourhoods and com-munities, accessed through 20 identifi ed schools, where 16 to 18 year olds will be introduced

ACE

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programmes

ACE

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1040 students 740 students 830 students 630 students

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to the project over 7 workshops. The workshops build exchanges between students from differ-ent neighbourhoods, combining creative activities (photographic, design etc) and entrepreneurial skills (identifying, articulating and presenting).

Held on-site in classrooms and community halls, the workshops will be facilitated by profes-sionals from the CBD design industries – particular to the workshop activities – and guided by MoDILA’s partnering NGO, uBuntu Betha.

Mini-projects will give students the opportunity, professional input and budget to identify and design solutions to problems particular to their neighbour-hoods.

A fi nal fi ltering process determines the most successful solutions created, and the young winning designer student is matched with an internship at the relevant creative business in Cape Town or a scholarship to a top South African University.

ACE

Routes|Roots reaches audi-ences through exhibitions, publications, mobile phone apps and public interven-tions, using exhibitions as an education and display device. It frames all content and curatorial output of MoDILA as archive, laboratory, clinic, showcase and chapel of knowledge.

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routes|roots

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DsgnTête-à-Tête is the communi-cation platform that stimulates, disseminates and, at times challenges, the creative/design sector, the city, country and wider communities.

various forms of dialogue in-clude forms of traditional, multi and social media.

It addresses what is happening now and in the future – practically and/or philosophically. on Thurs-day afternoons DsgnTête-à-Tête is on bush radio, Africa’s oldest

community radio station, with 88 000 listeners.

In a night of discussion and exhibition, MoDILA successfully hosted A Tale of [2+1] Cities, where renowned international experts in the fi elds of architec-ture and urban studies debated with the public on their perspec-tives of local and global future cities. Structured as an annual MoDILA event, A Tale of [..2+1..] Cities will continue exploring the relationship between formal and informal urban spaces or cities, within the contradictory local and global cityscapes of architecture and its role in the social imaginary and symbolism of cities. The opening event was a roaring success, and MoDILA is looking forward to hosting the next A Tale of [2+1] Cities in 2013.

DSgNTÊTE-À-TÊTEprogrammes

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OLA!OLA! is the Ongoing Life Advancement program which seeks to provide creative, entre-preneurial, problem solving and observational skills.

It is aimed at mid career practitioners to senior citizens, involved in fi elds ranging from design, drawing, business planning, visual literacy and rediscovering lost creativity.

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The iMaginarium is a web-based platform linked to the MoDILA website, and is conceived as a terrain devoted to the imagination and dedicated towards the radical and positive transformation of cities through design.

The emphasis is on forging new critical and theoretical tools, and producing new concepts and strategies for researching, displaying, and disseminating design, innovation leadership and art. As a laboratory and factory for knowledge, the Imaginarium provides a space where processes, places, things, ideas and space are shared and reinterpreted in an experimental fashion, with potentially pragmatic implications for society.

The imaginarium is also host and partner to Studio X, a new global approach to the university model, conceptualised by the dean of GSAPP, (Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation) of Columbia University, world renowned writer, architect and scholar, professor Mark Wigley. Studio x will be located in central Johannesburg, with ‘activation points’ in MoDILA

ThE IMAgINArIuM

14A prototype of the university of the futurecombining the intense concentration of the classical university and the collaborative crowd-sourcing power of the global network.

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infrastructure in Cape Town and beyond. There are six studio x locations on the planet, Moscow (Amman, Beijing, Mumbai, New York, Rio De Janeiro, Moscow) and this allows for rapid knowledge exchange amongst diverse communities, and is a cutting edge research facility for how we re-imagine cities.

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Strong leadership skills encouraged through processes of design and art are capable of addressing social ills relating to race, gender and class divisions, for the benefi t of supporting social justice, creating wealth and defeating prejudice. The museum’s scope for impact reaches from a local level – providing linkages for the national centers of excellence and cultural precincts across the country – to a African and global extent – bringing to fruition the promise of the new South Africa and her participation in Africa’s knowledge economy and beyond. DZN7 is one such example on MoDILA’s scope.

DZN7 is an initiative led by MODILA, and is an ongoing voluntary collaborative of museums, institutions, galleries and schools which seek to locate a contemporary emphasis on applied curatorial practice with a specifi c interest on design, innovation, leadership, cultural development, entrepreneurial studies and contemporary art. Its purpose is to act as a system of museum knowledge and cooperation, in order to facilitate a robust ‘network of content and dialogue,’ which supports members’ key areas of interest.

Both a network of relationships, a virtual and an actual physical site located in MoDILA, DZN7 is conceived as a fl exible, social space designed to engage audiences through multimedia workstations, exhibition areas, screenings, symposia, and events. DZN7 seeks to bring human foresight and design, and the knowledge economy to the foreground of public discourse and policy making within Africa.

Addressing African needs, culture and history and its presence in the world, MoDILA negotiates its existence with global reach, standards and appeal. Its exhibitions, events and educational programs cater for both the public and the specialist – learners as well as leaders – but will also highlight Africa’s historic and growing relationship to the planet and other centers of excellence. The museum seeks to locate South Africa and Africa closer to the global discourse of design and its implications for citizens of the planet to create a better and more just life for all. This is to ensure that Africa is a prominent participant in the global discourse of using design to address humanities challenges.

DZN 7In creating

platforms for active citizenship, MoDILA will play a critical integration role between local

communities contra-distinguished

through abundance, poverty and race.

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As a phys ical manifestation of the museum space the MoDILA Imagi-narium is focused on the develop-ment of a design precinct and iconic African Museum Building in Cape Town, South Africa. For this purpose in depth studies of the urban fabric and city took place in order to identify a suitable site.

Site Identifi cation

As part of a long term plan to manage growth and change in the Cape Town Municipal area, The City of Cape Town is in the process of producing a new Spatial Development Framework. As a starting point to this process Eight Districts were identifi ed for particular development strategies to be employed. All parcels of land were strategically chosen to be on or near a public transport route or a proposed route i.e. the IRT routes.

In accordance with this district development strategy all eight identifi ed parcels were investigat-ed and rated in accordance with its potential to become an iconic cultural precinct.

urBAN-BASED hIgh-IMpACT INNOvATION prECINCTreclaimed urban environment physical manifestation and design concept

The Criteria included land size, Land value, Availability of land, Its proximity to public transport and Its potential for iconic im-pact. A development precinct was then identifi ed.

The proposed precinct was specifi cally chosen due to its potential to serve an urban renewal function – An Urban Acupuncture – connecting the V&A Waterfront with the CBD and offer a nationally unique education, cultural platform and business address for estab-lished design industries.

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propoSeD preCInCT DeveLopMenT– AerIAL vIeW

propoSeD preCInCT DeveLopMenT– vIeW ToWArDS CITy

propoSeD preCInCT DeveLopMenT– vIeW ToWArDS WATerfronT

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The theory of the urban acupuncture celebrates

the possibility of a light-weight touch with

a total impact. Total is a fragment of the

absolute. Through urban acupuncture the

absolute fi nds a way to refl ect in the city

Marco Casagrande, 2009

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AN AfrICAN pErSpECTIvEMoDILA’S purpoSe IS To TrAnSforM The CuLTurAL LAnDSCApe, AnD ACT AS An eDuCATIon pLATforM of InTernATIonAL SIgnIfICAnCe To ADvAnCe A pAn AfrICAn projeCT of CuLTurAL, enTrepreneurIAL AnD TeChnoLogICAL reneWAL.

The MoDILA project takes references from the immediate urban fabric in order to generate a transformation matrix which illustrates its social impact and outreach objectives.As an iconic element against the Cape Town Landscape the proposed museum building reflects on the crystallized chemical make-up of Table mountain and abstracts this idea as a conceptual starting point. Conceptually, the façade development emphasizes the design community as a network or linked series of nodes (stars) to form a unified constellation in the form of the pleiades star constellation also known in Africa as the Isilemela star which introduces the iconic museum building as a modern archeo- astronomical timepiece of african architecture.Dr Chris engelbrecht writes the following on the significance of the Isilemela star in the African context: “The pleiades have had a

prominent agricultural and ritual symbolism in various cultures in central and southern Africa. The name for the pleiades in Zulu is isiLimela, meaning “the digging stars”. The names in various languages from central Africa down through southern Africa are similar. The pleiades become visible in the evening sky towards the end of winter. Their unique appearance makes them easy to recognise and commence with “the digging”, preparing the soil for planting. In xhosa culture the sighting of the pleiades setting shortly after the sun signifies that the time is right for the annual initiation ceremonies.”This idea is represented as perforations on the façade panels which is generated by utilizing parametric principles and computer algorithm.

Spatial development

Zone 1. Zone 2. Zone 3. Zone 4.

Visitor Services

Onsite Presence

entrance Orientation room

VIP rooms sick bay (2)

Info counter Cloak room Souvenir shop Restaurant meeting rooms (2)

multipurpose lecture

theatre and video

Library and archives

classrooms (2) breakaway rooms (4)

Docent room

Friend's room

Toiletscatering facility

management office

security control room

design office/studio

building management

office

building managementserver room

conservation and restoration

studio

display equipment

storage

exhibit temporary storage(2)

conservation/artifact storage

publication storage

carpentry workshop

photographic studio and dark room –

digital studio

desktop publishing wing

+ digital asset

Radio station crate storage cleaners storage/

duty room

uniformed staff changing room with showers

caretaker security accommodation

Delegates residency wing(self catering)

Children's care centre+play area

Museum Themed retail and commercial offices for innovation hub

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gallery 2.

gallery 3.

gallery 4.

gallery 5.gallery 6.

gallery 7.gallery 8.

gallery 9.

Gallery Spaces

Post contemporary art leaders and leadership

Architecture + the built environment

communicative design spirit of the entrepreneur

SABS innovation gallery

permanent exhibit undetermined spaceIndustrial science+technology

loading bay

Support and Ancillary Services

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MoDILA

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As a neutral platform, it is com-mitted to nurturing programs of urban renewal for the benefit of social and economic growth.

Social infrastructure, in the form of public spaces such as museums, parks, clinics and libraries, are the armature around which community life plays out spontaneously. They provide a foothold for micro-economic activity and the potential for an entrepreneurial class that is self determined and creatively engaging with its own challenges. This social infrastructure anchors the identity of communities and their ability to self mobilize in the interest of a collective.

A LIvINg WOrKINg ArT

As a living museum, MoDILA seeks to safe keep processes that reflect upon the current conditions of Cape Town and Africa in a manner that is anthropological, creative, technological and educational.

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propoSeD InTerIor vIeW – gALLery 1

propoSeD InTerIor vIeW – gALLery 2

propoSeD InTerIor vIeW – gALLery 3

An iconic museum building

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Architecture begins where

engineering ends.Walter gropius

MoDILA was started through philanthropy in the form of Mokena Makeka’s prize money from the Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Awards in Design, as national designer of the year 2009. It will only survive and thrive through a mix of funding sources – government, corporate and individuals.

It is an exceptional opportunity to get with involved from the start, and make a huge impact now and for future generations. There are a variety of ways individuals and organisations can make a huge and valued difference either through general funding to a specific aspect of MoDILA.

general support with life blood:The MoDILA’S founDerS’ CIrCLe IS beIng CreATeD for MoDILA’S fIrST benefACTorS of r250 000($32.5k) To r50 000 ($7.5k), R25 000 ($3.25k) upWArDS for The Donor LeveL AnD r12 500 ($1.6k)for ConTrIbuTorS. The MoDILA SoCIeTy IS for ThoSe Who WISh To SupporT fInAnCIALLy on A reguLAr bASIS, AT r1 000 ($128) or r5 000 ($636) per yeAr.

> Curatorial programme partners and grants are being sought for specific projects

> Similarly, MoDILA is seeking funding for positions/posts such as the programme curator and MoDILA’s capacity building

> Longer term, leadership gifts are needed for the building of the museum itself for between R1m and R10m, with payments staggered over time

pEOpLE, phILANThrOpy & pArTNErShIpS

> Giving of time and in-kind support is essential for such a new organisation. Building awareness, sharing relevant contracts/networks and providing advice at this critical early stage are invaluable. Providing free services, such as printing, an event venue and travel also makes a difference.

Funders are recognised and thanked according to their wishes and level of support:

> Names in key MoDILA media (such as the website, at events and the museum)

> Special relationship with MoDILA and its close network with privileges such as being amongst the first to hear about key developments and see projects

> Consultation regarding key developments of MoDILA

> Invitations to special events and complimentary tickets

Access to global networks in the creative industry and innovation sector.

for businesses:

> MoDILA is delighted to tailor a package of benefits to meet the sponsors’ objectives. MoDILA delivers PR marketing and staff opportunities.

> Its programmes dovetail with corporate social investment programmes

> For companies operating in South Africa, MoDILA can also contribute to BBBEE scores (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment)

Grants and funds in excess of R1M (+$100k) which provide medium term stability are highly desired and on the basis of such grants or endowments specific benefits will be discussed.

In terms of costs, it has been estimated that Designgate-Isango yila is R2b ($260m=1/4 amenity, 3/4mixed use precinct) and the museum R700m, ($91m) using the current proposed architectural scheme. The museum’s annual expenditure is estimated as R17m. ($2.2m) Part of this will be met by the tenants of Designgate-Isango yila subscribing to an annual fee to MoDILA. The museum will also generate income through ticket sales, venue hire, its shop and café. However, sponsorship, grants and individual giving i.e. philanthropy and partnerships will be key to its viability.

TAx effICIenT gIvIng AnD ChArITAbLe STATuS:MoDILA IS A regISTereD TruST (IT2015/2011) AnD non-profIT orgAnISATIon (099-829-npo) In SouTh AfrICA. DonorS CAn gIve TAx effICIenTLy noT onLy In ThIS CounTry buT oTherS, SuCh AS uSA AnD uk.

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Melanie Burke entrepreneur, change agent and facilitator, Melanie burke is the Senior programme Director for Common purpose, South Africa, and specializes in coaching and capacity building amongst leaders. She runs her own business MAb and Associates (pty) Ltd that focuses on transformation and technology for social development and business support. She won the Cape IT Initiative’s Women in ICT award and South Africa’s excellence in Diversity Award; she was recognized as a Nedbank Local hero for her work with StreetSmart SA.

Nthato gobodo Activist and planning specialist, nthato gobodo is a consultant for the World bank’s Department of rural Development and Land reform. She is the Deputy president of the South African planning Institute (SApI). She is the co-coordinator of the African planning Association (ApA) Secretariat and represents the ApA in un-habitat structures. She is a Member of the South African Council of planners (SACpLAn) and part of the national planning Commission’s national Spatial vision working group.

ThE MODILA pATrON

Mokena Makeka (founding Trustee) Architect, urban thinker and change maker, Mokena Makeka is principal and founder of Makeka Design Lab. he is on the World economic forum’s global Agenda Council for Design and was selected by Hertzog and de Meuron to be part of ordos 100 (architects globally). he is a two-time recipient of the CIA Award of Merit and a winner of the johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Awards in Design. he is an external critic for the Columbia university School of Architecture and lectures frequently at home and abroad and has been published continuously throughout his career and as an award winning student.

Murphy Morobe board member and former senior civil servant, Murphy Morobe is Ceo of kagiso Media. he was head of Communications the South African’s State President office. he was chairman of the financial and fiscal Commission in South Africa for ten years. he also served as chairman of the South African national parks board and ernst & young SA, as well as being on the boards of old Mutual (SA) and resolve group.

ThE MODILA BOArD Of TruSTEES

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The organisation is supported by (amongst many): the South

African Minister of Arts and Culture (S.p. Mashatile);

Wesgro (the Western Cape Investment and Trade

promotion Agency); the City of Cape Town; and Cape Town

Tourism.

Africa Melane (Chair of MoDILA Trust)

presenter, facilitator and former accountant, Africa Melane is

programming Manager and show host at 567 Cape Talk. previously

he was an auditor at a global business assurance and advisory

firm. He is a judge for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. he is also a motivational speaker,

MC and facilitator of workshops on subjects ranging from

budgeting and business planning to hIv/Aids and professional

development. his clients include The City of Cape Town, Desmond

Tutu foundation and nicro.

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professor Njabulo Simakahle

Academic, literary commentator and fiction writer, Professor Simakahle is the former vice-Chancellor and principal of the university of Cape Town. his chairmanships include IDASA (African democracy institute), Southern African regional universities Association, human Sciences research Council and South African broadcasting Corporation. he received the 50th Anniversary Distinguished Service Award from national university of Lesotho and Lincoln university’s president’s Award. The university of Cambridge, university of kwaZulu-natal and Chicago State university are amongst those who have awarded him honorary doctorates.

A fi nal task is to facilitate connections and linkages with various nodes and networks that cross-sect a community but are not confi ned to it. Counter-Currents, 2010

for more information, please contact

Mokena Makeka, Founding Trustee | mokena@modilatrust.co.za

kate Crane Briggs | kate@modilatrust.co.za | +27 (0)72 377 8014

Museum of Design Innovation Leadership & Art | 404 The Colosseum, 3 St georges Mall, Cape Town

Tel: 021 425 5211 | Fax: 021 425 5212 | Email: communication@modilatrust.co.za

www.modilatrust.co.za