AFDA

AFDA is a South African private tertiary education institution that offers higher certificates, undergraduate degrees, and postgraduate degrees in film, television, performance, business innovation, technology, radio and podcasting, and creative writing.

Type: College
Description: school in City of Cape Town, South Africa
Also known as: “AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy”, “AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance”, and “Escuela Sudafricana de Medios Cinematograficos y Actuaciones en Vivo”
Address: 18 Lower Scott Road, Salt River, Cape Town

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Salt River and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Salt River

Railway station

Photo: MB-one, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Salt River railway station is a Metrorail railway station in Salt River, Cape Town. It is the second station from the Cape Town terminus on the old main line to Bellville, and the junction where the Southern Line branches from the main line. Salt River is situated 540 metres northwest of AFDA.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.

Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 1¼ km southwest of AFDA.

Observatory War Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Observatory War Memorial is situated 700 metres south of AFDA.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.

Observatory

Suburb

Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Salt River

Suburb

Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".

Woodstock

Suburb

Photo: Kierano, CC BY 3.0.

Woodstock is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, situated between the docks of Table Bay and the lower slopes of Devil's Peak. One of the city's oldest suburbs, Woodstock is located around 1 kilometre east of Cape Town CBD, the city's main economic hub.

AFDA

Categories: school and education
Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.93159° or 33° 55′ 54″ south

Longitude

18.46764° or 18° 28′ 4″ east

Open location code

4FRW3F99+93

OpenStreetMap ID

way 229024738

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=college

Wikidata ID

Q4651463

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“AFDA” goes by many names.

Catalan: “AFDA”
French: “African Film and Drama Academy”
Hausa: “AFDA, Makaranta don Ƙarfafa Tattalin Arziki”
Spanish: “Escuela Sudafricana de Medios Cinematográficos y Actuaciones en Vivo”

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