Ponte Tower: Urban slum transformed to tourist attraction

Name: Ponte Tower: Urban slum transformed to tourist attraction
Uploaded: 2017-08-12T23:08:41.000Z
Duration: 1 min 18 s
Description: The tallest residential building in South Africa was known for drugs, poverty and prostitution but since 2001 there has been a drive to regenerate the area.

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The tallest residential building in South Africa was known for drugs, poverty and prostitution but since 2001 there has been a drive to regenerate the area.

Video produced by Daniel South, location producer Kevyah Cardoso and filmed by Glenn Middleton.

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Africa

13 August 2017