A group of people living on property formerly leased to the South African National Circus School in Observatory, Cape Town, have lost a court bid to have some details of the City of Cape Town’s housing report excluded from the record. The report gives details about the occupants’ personal circumstances and the possibility of providing…
Category: Circus
Occupiers on old circus school land cry foul over City of Cape Town’s conduct
Occupiers allege that the City ignored a court instruction to hold meaningful engagements with them. Picture: Supplied NEWS | By Marvin Charles | Sep 22, 2020 Cape Town – A group of people illegally staying at the former SA National Circus School next to Hartleyvale Stadium in Observatory are livid after the City allegedly ignored…
Chair’s Report June 2019
from Tauriq Jenkins – A Civic…It’s a curious place of broad representation, a magical place of meaning, placemaking, and for the OCA in particular – heritage protection and the protection of the vulnerable. We fight the bullies. The civic is a space for the community. The subway project has been a wonderful community initiative that reclaiming a…
Statement by Tauriq (OCA Chair) regarding certain allegations concerning the state of the circus
From Tauriq Jenkins – There have been formal allegations made against me as Chair of the OCA, and by inference against the OCA’s Mancomm, that I am responsible for ‘a delay in the eviction’ at the Circus These allegations are baseless. The facts are that just prior to the May 8 countrywide elections, the Ward…
PAIA application regarding the circus and the outcome
From Leslie London – On the 1st of April, the OCA sent an invitation to 4 different departments and various officials requesting them to respond to concerns about the situation at the Willow Rd Circus and to attend a Town Hall meeting on the matter scheduled for the 9th April. On the 6th April, our…
A Glimmer of light at the end of the circus tunnel
from Edwin Angless – Report back on my meeting of June 10 with interested parties regarding one of the circus issues. Over the last two months, I have put a lot of time into developing a relationship through regular emails, WhatsApp and in situ meetings with Dimitri, the owner of the circus tent. I have…