https://registertovote.elections.org.za/voter/specialvotes/application/submit You can apply for a special vote to vote on a predetermined day as specified in the time table if you are a registered to vote and you can’t vote at your voting station on Election Day. By law, you can apply for a special vote if you: Can’t travel to your voting station…
📢 ATTENTION!! Community Manifesto and Town Hall Meeting on 10 October
We are proud to share the Umbrella Civic 92+’s community manifesto, and call on the broader Ward 92 community (Woodstock, Salt River, Observatory, WE, UE and District 6) to endorse this manifesto to demonstrate support and backing of our demands. Our manifesto comes from a wish to encourage our future Ward Councillor to work more…
Umbrella Civic 92+ Community Manifesto
Umbrella Civic 92+ (previously 57+) The Umbrella Civic: 92+ is a progressive community organisation made up of residents, civic groups, and local organisations from across Ward 92 (Woodstock, Walmer Estate, Salt River, Observatory, University Estate and portions of District Six) and surrounding neighbourhoods. We honour the shared history of class struggle and community mobilisation in…
Call for Nominations: Umbrella Civic (92+) Coordinating Committee
Ahead of our AGM on 30 September 2026, we’re calling for nominations for the new Coordinating Committee. Why we’re doing this differently this year Last year’s committee ran (initially) on a flat structure, without individuals assigned to specific portfolios. It came from a good place — it felt more democratic. But in practice it meant…
Ward 92+ Community Manifesto Endorsement
Hello everyone. Just a reminder to those who support the manifesto to please endorse it using the Google form! The aim is to use the ward 92 voter endorsements as leverage to get the ward councillor candidates to agree to our demands ahead of the LGE. Ie We are saying we will NOT vote for…
Umbrella Civic AGM
📢 Umbrella Civic 92+ Communtiy 📢 Join us for our 2026 AGM, Wednesday 30 September. We will: -Report back and reflect on our work over this year -Look ahead at what comes next -Elect a new coordinating committee to champion the work We are looking for new volunteers to join our Coordinating team! If you…
T.R.A.S.H. Annual Fundraiser – 2026
🌻 Friends, we’re aiming for a 14th year of cleaning along the river next year. Please help us reach that goal and stand a chance of winning one of five ‘hampers’ of sponsored giveaways that include vouchers for: 🏨 a night for two in the Breakwater Lodge hotel at the V&A 🍴 dining at The…
Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board
Illustrative Image: Cape Town Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews. (Photo: Grant Pitcher / Gallo Images) | Table Mountain. (Photo: Francois Nel / Gallo Images) | Impression of data centre. (Image: Supplied) | (By Daniella Lee Ming Yesca) By Lindsey Schutters There was, naturally, an appeal against the Municipal Planning Tribunal’s approval of the Equinix data centres…
Blue Waters: Could Cape Town’s New Heritage Strategy Have Saved It?
Article Author: Bill Harding The demolition of Blue Waters in Somerset West has brought to an end a contentious heritage case — but it may also provide an unusually revealing case study of how heritage is managed in the Western Cape. Blue Waters was an approximately eighty-year-old house with distinctive architectural character, a strong relationship…
South Africa has no national tally of deteriorating heritage sites
Heidelberg Heritage Museum is housed in the 1895 Victorian railway station. It is currently closed to the public. Picture: Nigel Sibanda By Sipho Mabena SA has no national tally of heritage sites that are deteriorating, abandoned, vandalised or inaccessible to the public. South Africa has no national tally of heritage sites that are deteriorating, abandoned,…