P R O J E C T S I N T R O D U C T I O N PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK: GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

OUR APPROACH: COMPANY APPROACH 2 1. ESTABLISH THE CLIENT’S NEEDS AND PERCEPTIONS 2. COMBINE OUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND SOLUTIONS 3. PROVIDE A BRIEF THAT WILL DELIVER A UNIQUE DESIGN SOLUTION THAT ADDS VALUE COMPANY APPROACH

PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES: 3 ANALYSING MARKET TRENDS SWOT ANALYSIS ESTABLISH KEY FACTS ABOUT THE LAND IN QUESTION ANALYSING TRANSPORT ROUTES AND NODES ESTABLISHING THE IMPACT OF POPULATION DYNAMICS ESTABLISHING THE IMPACT OF HERITAGE / HISTORICAL BACKGROUND SOCI0-ECONOMIC TRENDS BASIS OF ECONOMY POTENTIAL RESOURCES LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES TOURISM / EXTERNAL RESOURCES PYHSICAL CHARACTERISTICS / CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ADMINSTRATIVE AND LEGALITIES ESTABLISH SOUND BASE TO INFORM DESIGN CONCEPT COMPANY APPROACH

1. MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT, FRANCISTOWN 2. POWER TOWER PROJECT 3. NAMBOT RAILWAY & HARBOUR PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 FRANCISTOWN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK: GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 4 FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 5 KEY FACTS: SECOND LARGEST TOWN IN BOTSWANA POPULATION: 84 000 – FRANCISTOWN / 140 000 – GREATER FRANCISTOWN LOCATED: 400kms GABARONE (CAPITAL OF BOTSWANA) 90kms ZIMBABWE BORDER 200kms SOUTH AFRICAN BORDER STRATEGIC LOCATION ON TRANSPORT ROUTES: ROAD ACCESS FROM GABARONE ZIMBABWE (BULAWAYO) NORTHERN BOTSWANA (MAUW, KASANE) RAIL ACCESS CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY LINE FROM SOUTH AFRICA VIA BOTSWANA VIA ZIMBABWE PLANE: FLIGHTS TO GABARONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT: TAXI, BUS, TRAIN, PLANE FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 6 POPULATION: AGE GROUP = 20-24 = 10973 OCCUPATION = ELEMENTARY = 7444 = CRAFT RELATED = 6547 = SERVICE WORKERS = 4976 INDUSTRY = PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION = 4896 = TRANSPORT & STORAGE = 1568 = HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK = 1226 HOUSEHOLD SIZE = 4.1 PERSONS GROWTH RATE = 2.39% EDUCATION = PRIMARY 1.6% GROWTH = SECONDARY 0.7% DECLINE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: FOUNDED 1897 IN RESPONSE TO THE “GOLD RUSH” TRANSPORT ROUTE PROVISIONS CENTRE FOR MINING AREA SELEBI PHIKWE SEROWE OKADA FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 7 FRANCISTOWN : ECONOMIC RESOURCES BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 8 BOTSWANA : BASIS OF ECONOMY AGRICULTURE MINING INDUSTRY SERVICES FRANCISTOWN: CENTRAL TO: AGRICULTURAL AREA – CATTLE MINING - SELEBI PHIKWE - COPPER - SEROWE -NICKEL - OKAPA - DIAMONDS INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING SERVICES - TOURISM - HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION - EN ROUTE TO: TULI BLOCK OKAVANGO MAKGADIKGADI MWANGE MATOPO POTENTIAL RESOURCES: NEW MINING – MATSILOJE NATURAL HERITAGE SITE IN FRANCISTOWN SHASHE DAM WORLD HERITAGE SITE : KAME RUINS / DINOSAUR FOSSIL BULAWAYO - PROCLAIMED FRANCISTOWN : ECONOMIC RESOURCES BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 9 FRANCISTOWN : PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 10 1. PHYSICAL: KEY POSITION ON TRANSPORT ROUTES STRUCTURED CITY: - INTER-RELATIONSHIP LAND USE - ENGINEERING SERVICES - TRANSPORT NETWORK ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT 2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC: GENERAL EDUCATION OF GOOD STANDARD +25YRS - LEAVE TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE SECONDARY EDUCATION DECLINING CONFIDENCE IN ECONOMY – GROWTH (NEW BUILDINGS, NEW MINES) VISION FOR FUTURE INTEGRITY FOR PEOPLE LANGUAGE SKILLS FRANCISTOWN : PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 11 3. ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL: DEVELOPED WORLD PRACTICES IN ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION i.e. GOVERNMENT POLICY, TOWN PLANNING SCHEME, BUILDING BY-LAWS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SYSTEM PROCEDURES OPEN CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY OF OFFICIALS INTEGRITY OF PEOPLE LACKING ENTERTAINMENT – ACTIVE / PASSIVE SHORTAGE OF ACCOMMODATION POOR MEDICAL FACILITIES EMPLOYMENT BASED ON SELF RELIANCE NO CAPITALISING ON MINERAL WEALTH NO OBVIOUS CAPITALISING ON POSITION ON TRANSPORT ROUTE NO PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL CENTRE AIDS : AFFECTS 35% OF THE POPULATION (GOVERNMENT AIDS PROGRAMME) FRANCISTOWN : PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 12 EXTERNAL STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES TRANSPORT ROUTES HISTORICAL ROUTES KNOWN CENTRE ESTABLISHED MINING TOWNS PROPOSED MINES POTENTIAL WEALTH NATURAL GAME RESERVE (TOURISM) HERITAGE SITES: PROCLAIMED / FUTURE WATER CENTRE OF AGRICULTURAL AREA (CATTLE) REMOTE ACCESSIBILITY NO DIRECT FLIGHT INTERNATIONALLY BUS AND TAXI TIMING, DISCOMFORT, DISTANCE RAIL – SLOW / INFREQUENT FRANCISTOWN : ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 13 INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES THREATS STRUCTURED CITY ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT GOOD STANDARD OF EDUCATION CONFIDENCE IN ECONOMY VISION FOR FUTURE INTEGRITY OF PEOPLE LANGUAGE SKIILS DEVELOPED WORK PRACTICES IN ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SYSTEMS PROCEDURES OPEN CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION ACCESSIBILITY OF OFFICIALS NO ENTERTAINMENT SHORTAGE OF ACCOMMODATION POOR MEDICAL FACILITIES +25 YEARS LEAVE SECONDARY EDUCATION DECLINING NO CAPITALISING ON MINERAL WEALTH NO OBVIOUS CAPITALISING ON POSITION OF TRANSPORT ROUTE NO PROMOTION ON AGRICULTURAL CENTRE AIDS: AFFECTS 35% POPULATION FRANCISTOWN : ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TOWN PLANNING CRITERIA 14 FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : GATEWAY CITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE ORIENTATION 15 DESCRIPTION: PORTION 2 OF FARM NQ 36 SIZE: 946,576ha IN EXTENT OWNERSHIP: MODERN VENTURES (PTY) LTD DEED OF TRANSFER 363/8/13/8/82 ZONING: AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES EXISTING USE: VACANT LAND, LIMITED AGRICULTURAL USE VEGETATION: THE SITE IS COVERED WITH MOPANE TREES SITE: DIVIDED BY EAST – WEST NATIONAL ROAD FRANCISTOWN – MATSILOJE NORTH PORTION OF SITE, POOR SOILS. SOUTHERN PART-GOOD SOILS. CLIMATE: DRY ARID CLIMATE - SUMMER ( SEPT-MARCH) 29C – 40C - WINTER (MAY-AUGUST) 5C – 25C RAINFALL: NOVEMBER - FEBRUARY - 400mm ANNUALLY WIND: PREVAILING WIND (RAINS) FRANCISTOWN : SITE ORIENTATION BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS SITE : 16 FRANCISTOWN : EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES 17 FRANCISTOWN : SITE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE TOPOGRAPHY 18 FRANCISTOWN : SITE TOPOGRAPHY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE GEOLOGY 19 FRANCISTOWN : SITE GEOLOGY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE SERVICES AND SERVITUDES 20 FRANCISTOWN : SITE SERVICES AND SERVITUDES BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE ANALYSIS 21 EXTERNAL STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES PROXIMITY TO: EXISTING URBAN AREA POTENTIAL SERVICES ON NATIONAL ROUTE HOUSING DEMAND - BDF - MINES - LOW COST CEMETERY MINE EXPANSION PROPOSED HERITAGE SITE LACK OF IMMEDIATE SERVICING POOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATIVE SPLIT BETWEEN NORTH-EAST DISTRICT AND FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : SITE ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : SITE ANALYSIS 22 INTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES THREATS SIZE OF PROPERTY ORIENTATION – (NORTH) ON ROAD TO MINES ON NATIONAL ROUTE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE TO PROVIDE FACILITIES LACKING IN FRANCISTOWN RECREATION –ACTIVE / PASSIVE ACCOMMODATION MEDICAL FACILITIES (AIDS CLINIC) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES “GATEWAY CITY” PROMOTION AGRICULTURAL CENTRE CAPITALISE ON MINERAL WEALTH PROVIDE HOUSING AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TO CREATE DESTINATION POINT TO CREATE A PRESTIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT GEOLOGY – 50% POOR QUALITY LACK OF IMMEDIATE SERVICING TO SITE – SEWER PACE OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO WEST AND SOUTH OF FRANCISTOWN FRANCISTOWN : SITE ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ZONES OF OPPORTUNITY SITE : 23 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ZONES OF OPPORTUNITY BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE / STADIUM 24 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

SPINAL CORRIDOR / RESIDENTIAL TERRACING 25 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE VIEWING 26 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE VIEWING 27 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS GREEN BELT 28 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS ROAD HEIRARCHY 30 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS HEIGHT ZONES 31 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

POTENTIAL VIEWING PLATFORMS 32 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN

FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS FINAL DESIGN PROPOSAL 33 FRANCISTOWN : CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS BOTSWANA, FRANCISTOWN