Category: General News

Development dispute

Indianna Lawrie

Kaylynne Bantom – 16 November 2021 On Friday 12 November a group of civic, Khoi and environmental organisations held a peaceful demonstration at the TRUP mound in Liesbeek Parkway in Observatory against the development of the site. In April this year the City approved a 15-hectare parcel of land for development by the Liesbeek Leisure…

‘Alarming precedent’ – Liesbeek River under siege again

Indianna Lawrie

KEVIN WINTER – 10 NOVEMBER 2021 The Liesbeek River is living symbol of a South Africa characterised by land dispossession, heritage loss, irreparable damage to ecosystems, accompanied by significant social and political conflict, and risk to water security and climate change. But the river is under siege again by development along its banks, writes Dr…

’Amazon this land is sacred,’ say protesters ahead of court case

Indianna Lawrie

Bulelwa Payi – Nov 14, 2021 AS THE climate change conference in Glasgow ended, Khoi indigenous people, environmentalists and land activists have called on Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos to intercede in a development on sacred land in Observatory. Bezos announced a $2 billion investment towards fighting climate change in Africa at COP26 while developers…

Next Ward 57 Candidates Town Hall Meeting!

Indianna Lawrie

As soon as the IEC announced the list of 34 candidates standing to represent you in Ward 57, the OCA tried to track down email addresses for all of them, either through Facebook, google searches or through the political parties under whose banner they are standing. In the end we were able to make contact…

Join the OCA now!

Indianna Lawrie

There are several events coming up in Obs over the next month so please scroll down this newsletter and diarise the ones you are interested in. VERY IMPORTANT to add to your diary is the OCA’s AGM which is scheduled for the 7th of December. Please remember that only members can vote at the AGM…