Click here to see the digital version of the exhibition at the Denis Goldberg House of Hope in Hout Bay. Denis was born in Observatory in 1933 and died in 2020 at the age 87.
Category: General News
Join us on Human Rights Day!
Observatory, what are you doing this coming Monday? Monday the 21st is South African Human Rights Day. What better way to spend it than to defy this colonial act of destruction of indigenous land, honour the resistance against colonial brutality, and pray for peace and unity. Join us for a walk and cleansing ceremony with…
Community alert – increasing number of crime incidents in lower Observatory
OBSID is appealing to the community to be more careful and vigilant about their safety. Please work with us to keep yourselves and your property safe. In the past week, more than 50% (8/15) of crime incidents reported to OBSID took place in lower Obs. In the same period, the OBSID public safety team attended…
The Big Obs Virtual Clean Up
GET REAL – an in person virtual activity?! The first Big (not) Virtual Clean Up in Obs! This SATURDAY 5/03/21 9:30AM Meeting point – GROUND ZERO cafe, first 20 participants get a discount of R15 a coffee or a coffee & muffin special R30 Use: ObsWatch as your discount password. While the virtual clean up…
Concerns over the proposed sectoral composition of the Ward Committee for Ward 57
Dear OCA members I took a look at the Ward Committee projects on the City website for the wards in our Sub-Council I have pasted them below Our Ward 57 has only three projects going, one of which is upgrade to a subway at Alma Rd, one is a closed-circuit camera operation and one is…
Art of the day by Marlene Liebenberg
Art of the day The voice by Marlene Liebenberg Resincomposite 31cmx18x13cm R5000 excluding courier “It is the way I feel. I just want to scream at all that is happening in the world and the past. All those things you keep inside though all the years” – Marlene Liebenberg Available exclusively through the Koena Art…
You can still get a tax rebate if you donate to our legal fund BEFORE 1 March!
PLEASE NOTE: You can still get a tax rebate if you donate to our legal fund by clicking here. https://www.liesbeek.org/donate and choosing one of the 3 different ways of paying. To qualify for a rebate you must make your donation before the end of the day on Monday 28th February. When making your donation please…
Poll from the OCA
Dear Neighbours, The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) is your local Civic Association focused on supporting residents in Observatory with issues of culture, heritage, art, sport, architecture and of course the social issues facing us here in Observatory. We seek to represent the needs of residents, run activities that support our community and lift debates and…
Mancomm meeting
Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 22 February 2022 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home
Tell us how we can do better and what needs fixing
We want you to be our eyes and ears on the ground for any matter that affects Capetonians, and contact us when needed. From reporting potholes, non-functioning sets of traffic lights, burst water pipes, and stolen wheelie bins, to noise nuisances, land invasions or vandalism, let us know and we will attend to it. For…