{"id":35922,"date":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/?p=35922"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:22:49","slug":"waaihoek-precinct-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/south-africa\/free-state\/waaihoek-precinct-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities for investors in precinct redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Waaihoek precinct redevelopment: Reviving the inner city<\/h3>\n<h5>Location<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Waaihoek Precinct is located immediately to the south of Bloemfontein CBD, in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, Free State Province, South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Developer<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Project description<\/h5>\n<p>The precinct is near the Bloemfontein CBD and interchange zones. The area&#8217;s significant heritage value will unlock tourism potential if it is redeveloped, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An urban park,<\/li>\n<li>restoration of the Old Fort Estate,<\/li>\n<li>an amphitheater,<\/li>\n<li>pedestrian walkways and links between nodes,<\/li>\n<li>hawker trading zone,<\/li>\n<li>conversion of old power station into accommodation, galleries and offices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Project status<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>R20-million spent on planning and designs of Phase 1 (St Georges Bridge)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35947\" style=\"width: 481px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heritage_square_Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heritage_square_Picture2.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heritage_square_Picture2-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heritage_square_Picture2-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5>Stakeholders<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality,<\/li>\n<li>Free State Provincial Government,<\/li>\n<li>National Government departments,<\/li>\n<li>Private Sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Issues to be resolved<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Project funding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Interventions<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Design completed for Phase 1, final precinct plan completed and presented to National Treasury<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Project cost<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>R5.7-billion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Job creation<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>5 000 possible employment opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Investment Enquiry<\/h3>\n<p>Interested investors are encouraged to contact the project team. Please include <em>Waaihooek Precinct <\/em>as reference.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f27539-o1\" lang=\"en-ZA\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"27539\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35922#wpcf7-f27539-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"27539\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.5\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_ZA\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f27539-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_recaptcha_response\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><label> Your Name<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Email<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Subject<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-subject\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-subject\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Message<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-message\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"your-message\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/FREE_STATE_-FDC_DESTEA_LOGO_3-696x156.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Feature image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/south-african-tourism\/20511459716\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/south-african-tourism\/20511459716\/in\/photostream\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waaihoek Precinct is located immediately to the south of Bloemfontein CBD. Project funding is needed for the redevelopment of the precinct to unlock the area&#8217;s significant heritage value and tourism potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,58,2030,2010,2082,36,5,377,160,24,28,29,101,57,560,20,6,611],"tags":[1051,1105,1110],"class_list":{"0":"post-35922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-services","8":"category-construction-and-engineering","9":"category-destination-free-state-newsletter","10":"category-destination-free-state-projects","11":"category-featured-top-destinations","12":"category-financial-insurance","13":"category-free-state","14":"category-free-state-destea","15":"category-free-state-development-corporation-fdc","16":"category-government","17":"category-investment-projects","18":"category-leisure-travel-tourism","19":"category-media-entertainment","20":"category-property-real-estate","21":"category-provincial-focus","22":"category-retail","23":"category-transportation-logistics","24":"category-trending","25":"tag-property-development","26":"tag-strategic-urban-developments","27":"tag-urban-renewal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35922"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42035,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35922\/revisions\/42035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}