Beneath our feet is an ecosystem so astonishing that it tests the limits of our imagination. It’s as diverse as a rainforest or a coral reef. We depend on it for 99% of our food, yet we scarcely know it. Soil. Under one square metre of undisturbed ground in the Earth’s mid-latitudes (which include the…
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Day Five: Monetising waste gives communities an extra incentive to recycle
Julia Evans – 6 May 2022 The Skhaftin Bus is a mobile grocery store that aims to provide low-cost food and promote plastic-free shopping. On the fifth day of its trip through South Africa, the bus stopped at the Bontebok Primary School in Swellendam, Western Cape and met with the solid waste and environmental manager…
Molo Songololo still fights for children’s rights 28 years after doing its bit for section 28 of the Constitution
Marianne Merten – 27 April 2022 From the police officer handling a stolen car report to a radio talk show host, Molo Songololo’s work with children and teenagers and its iconic magazine have made an impact — and continues to do so. It’s the 50-cent books we were waiting for. It was a real programme…
Liesbeek Biodiversity Challenge
Just a reminder for those who wish to to participate in the Liesbeek Biodiversity Challenge for the City Nature Challenge 2022. Click here to find out more.
Turning a Canal into a River: Liesbeek, Cape Town
Click here to watch a YouTube video about an exciting project that shows how a canalised section of an urban river in Cape Town is being turned into a river that supports habitat, adds amenity, and involves local citizens, community organisations, Dutch Foreign Ministry, and students and staff from the Universities of Cape Town and…
Walk of Liberation and Resistance
Dear Obs residents The Observatory Civic Association is partnering with a range of other groups to undertake a Walk of Resistance and Liberation intended to stop the destruction taking place at the River Club site and protect the Riverine valley of the Liesbeek from the construction of a massive commercial site which will house, amongst…
Kalk Bay residents and Khoi decry Brass Bell expansion on beach
Keshia Africa – 3 April 2022 Kalk Bay residents and apparent representatives of indigenous people protested against the alleged illegal expansion of the popular Brass Bell restaurant More than 100 people staged a protest outside the restaurant to object against planned construction that would further restrict access to a tidal pool. Owner of the restaurant,…
Social Responsiveness Award
Click here to read about Leslie London receiving UCT’s Social Responsiveness Award.
The couple who use their love language of food to serve humanity
Click here to read the article about OCA-Mancomm member Kiki Bisogno.
Western Cape Provincial Transport Infrastructure Bill: Request for comments
Western Cape Provincial Transaport -B 5-2021 First printers proof 152-2022 Advert Eng WC Prov Tran Infr Bill Edited 20220406_SCT&PW_Invite Mun_WC Prov Trans Infr Bill