The CAPE programme is devised and implemented by Cape Africa Platform, a Non-Profit Organisation operating in Cape Town since August 2003.
Cape Africa Platform's Board of Directors is comprised of Ian Bartes, Christopher Till, Judy Nwokedi, Mokena Makeka (chair), Pedro Pimenta, Delecia Forbes, Peet Pienaar and Zane Ibrahim. Professor Kader Asmal, a former Cabinet Minister in the post-1994 government and a long time supporter of the arts, is the project's patron.
CAPE’s founding members are Ian Bartes, Delecia Deidre Forbes, Mirjam Asmal, Dominique Enthoven, Mokena Makeka, Peet Pienaar, Sophie Perryer, John-Anthony Boerma, Susan Glanville-Zini, Roger van Wyk and Robert Weinek.
Susan Glanville-Zini was the CEO of the CAPE Africa Platform from 2003 until October 2006.
Kader Asmal, Patron
If it is possible to sum up a life as busy and varied as Kader Asmal's in two words, those must be: human rights. Asmal has spent his entire life trying to understand, defend and advance human rights. Having obtained his teacher's diploma in South Africa, he went overseas to study law in 1959. In 1963 he graduated as a lawyer from the London School of Economics. Not being able to return to South Africa because of his political activities, he spent the next 25 years in Dublin, lecturing in law. Through all these years Asmal campaigned steadfastly on behalf of the ANC. He was a founder member of both the British and Irish anti-apartheid movements. He worked for SANROC and was vice-president of IDAF. He also added his efforts to civil rights campaigns in other parts of the world, including Palestine and Northern Ireland. In 1983 he received the Prix Unesco in recognition of his work in the advancement of human rights. Asmal returned to South Africa in September 1990 and became Professor of Human Rights at UWC. In the April 1994 general election Asmal stood as number 22 on the ANC's national list for the National Assembly and became a member of parliament. He was appointed Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry in May 1994 and as a minister of Education in the June 1999 elections.
Ian Bartes
After completing his B.COMM degree at UNISA 1983 and a long career at Rennies
Group T/A Saftainer, Ian joined ACSA as the Manager: Finance in March 1998.
In 2001,after completing an Executive MBA at the UCT Graduate School Of
Business, he was appointed as Manager: Business & Market Development
with the primary goal of growing airline traffic to Cape Town International.
In this position, he regularly assists tourism authorities and government
to shape the tourism policy of the Western Cape. Ian was a member of the
technical task team appointed by the Western Cape MEC for Tourism in 2002
to draft a Tourism Marketing Strategy for the Western Cape. Ian was also
appointed as the Project Leader of the Seasonality Technical Task Team appointed
by Western Cape MEC for Tourism in 2002. As the current vice-chairman of
the SATSA Western Cape Chapter, he also participates in the W/Cape Tourism
Forum which focuses on the development of PDI entrepreneurs. In addition,
Ian is one of the SATSA representatives elected to mentor a PDI entrepreneur
in the Cape Town. At the recent SATSA National AGM, Ian has been elected
as a Board Member: Treasury of the National Executive Committee.
Mokena Makeka, Chairman
Mokena is the young chief architect of Makeka Design Laboratory, an office
practically engaged in theoretical discourses pertaining to space making
at all scales of the built environment. In this role Mokena focuses on fusing
the disciplines of urban design, interior design architecture and art to
explore the interrelationship between society and space. The recipient of
numerous awards, Mokena is rapidly establishing a reputation for innovative
socio-spatial concepts through typologies ranging from housing, community
centres, police stations, sustainable integrated settlements, restaurants,
urban parks etc. An academic and designer at heart, he has spoken at a number
of forums covering issues as diverse as cultural tourism, urban form and
the future of cities, heritage industries, and the role of art/architecture
in the generation of appropriate civic space in a post apartheid developmental
state. Mokena sits in number of boards both within and beyond the normative
terrain of architectural practice. A musician and writer, he brings a productive
lateral approach to problem solving and an unending commitment to revealing
the potential of sound design to ameliorate the human condition in as many
aspects as possible. Mokena graduated with distinction from the University
of Cape Town where he continues to lecture.
Christopher Till
Arts activist, curator and arts administrator Christopher Till has a multi-disciplinary
background in museum management. He has held positions at numerous galleries
and museums in Africa, including the National Gallery in Zimbabwe, the Johannesburg
Art Gallery, Johannesburg's Museum Africa and Anglogold¨s Gold of Africa
Museum in Cape Town. A former Director of Culture for the City of Johannesburg,
Christopher was responsible for initiating a series of groundbreaking projects
that included the Johannesburg Biennale (1995), the annual Arts Alive festival
and the Newtown Cultural Precinct. Christopher is currently the curator
of the acclaimed Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.
Pedro Pimenta
Pedro Pimenta started his film career in 1997 with the National Film Institute
of Mozambique. He has since produced, co-produced or line produced numerous
short fiction, documentaries and features films in Mozambique as well as
other African countries such as Angola, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and South Africa.
Amongst them are Zulu Love Letter (feature drama 2003), Teza (feature drama
2004) and most recently Memories Of Dreams (Doc. 2005). Between 1997 and
2003, Pedro Pimenta was the Chief Technical Adviser of the UNESCO Zimbabwe
Film & Video Training Project for Southern Africa in Harare and a founders
of AVEA (Audio Visual Entrepreneurs of Africa), which runs an annual professional
training program for producers in Southern Africa. Pedro is currently on
the Award Committee of the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
(The Netherlands).
Zane Ibrahim
Zane Ibrahim is an award-winning journalist and managing director of Cape
Town community radio station, Bush Radio. After successfully completing
his studies and gaining significant experience in television and radio production,
Zane moved to Canada and studied Theatre Management. He returned to South
Africa in 1996 to assist in the reconstruction and development of the country
after Apartheid. His commitment to the performing arts takes up much of
his spare time while, professionally, he is at the forefront of a resurgent
interest in radio drama. His achievement also include the development of
the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival.
Peet Pienaar
Peet Pienaar is a performance artist turned graphic designer and a co-owner of Daddy Buy Me a Pony, a design and advertising studio in Cape Town. He is the editor and publisher of the multi award winning Afro-Magazine, a Pan African magazine showcasing new contemporary writing and culture from the continent. Afro has won two gold One Show awards in New York, two gold Clio’s in Miami and one gold pencil at the D&AD in London for magazine design. He is one of the founding members and also a Director of the Cape Africa Platform. Some of his latest projects include the design of a cover for the leading Chinese magazine, “The Outlook”, in Hong Kong, awarded as the best magazine cover design in China, 2006, t-shirt graphics for Comme des Garcon and founding The Bowling Club.
