South African Planning Institute
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The South African Planning Institute was formed on 1 July 1996 following the amalgamation of the South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners
and the Development Planning Association of South Africa
.
Its purpose is;
The South African Planning Institute has regional branches in Gauteng
, Eastern Cape
, Freestate
, Mpumalanga
, Kwazulu-Natal
, North West, Western Cape
, Northern Cape
and Limpopo
.
Christine Platt
served the institute as president until her recent appointment as president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners
.
South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners
The South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners was formed in 1954, a successor to the South African Branch of the Royal Town Planning Institute...
and the Development Planning Association of South Africa
Development Planning Association of South Africa
The Development Planning Association of South Africa was a professional town planning institute formed by South African planners critical of apartheid prejudice within the South African Institute of Town and Regional Planners...
.
Its purpose is;
- "to enhance the art and science of sustainable local, regional and national human and physical development planning, and the theory and practise relating thereto."
The South African Planning Institute has regional branches in Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
, Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
, Freestate
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...
, Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...
, Kwazulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
, North West, Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
, Northern Cape
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
and Limpopo
Limpopo
Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...
.
Christine Platt
Christine Platt
Christine Platt is the president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners, and past president of the South African Planning Institute. Platt completed her B.A. at the University of Natal, Durban, in 1976, and her MTRP in 1979....
served the institute as president until her recent appointment as president of the Commonwealth Association of Planners
Commonwealth Association of Planners
The Commonwealth Association of Planners, abbreviated to CAP, was formed provisionally on 23 September 1970, and its constitution ratified in March, 1973, to, among other things;...
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