Victory!!!

PRESS RELEASE Our Constitution stands up to the Test again – Judge Goliath dismisses leave to appeal on the River Club interdict Today Judge Goliath issued another clear and firm judgement that reflects the primacy of our Constitution in determining the validity of administrative decisions. She dismissed the applications by the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust…

Judge Goliath grants an interdict to stop the River Club development

The Observatory Civic Association and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council welcome Judge Goliath’s ruling in favour of our application to interdict the ongoing construction at the River Club site in Observatory. In her carefully crafted judgement, she noted the importance of First Nation Peoples’ deep and sacred linkage to the site through lineage,…

Watch our court case on YouTube

We have now fully uploaded all three days of the Court proceedings which finished on January the 21st. You can watch the days proceedings here: Day 1 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQa3B8DX5nb7wOG79ifB7d05 Day 2 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQa2KvSmqh67kC4BC76OiEEg Day 3 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQbk3HxGfX-__nBWGbDcP8K- Yesterday was exactly 5 weeks since the hearings ended, but unfortunately we have been unable to get any…

Press statement from the Liesbeek Action Campaign

Thursday, February 3, 2022 SMALL KHOI GROUP THAT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPER NOW TURN THEIR BACK ON HERITAGE TO SUIT AMAZON’S PLANS • “First Nations Collective” does a shocking 180-degree turn • Majority of San and Khoi reject the development by Amazon (Please see our more in-depth statement here: https://drive.google.com/…/1N9GSfW…) On 31 January, Chief Zenzile Khoisan,…

Update on our court case

We were due to be in court this coming week on the 24th and 25th November but Deputy Judge President Goliath, who was allocated to hear the case, has fallen ill. The Judge President refused to allocate it to another judge. This means that the hearing will not be taking place 24th and 25th of…

High court action update

Dear Civic, NGO and other supporters I am writing to you as supporters of our campaign against the River Club development and/or supporters of our application for heritage status for the Two Rivers Urban Park. The legal process of securing an interdict and review of the approvals by the City and DEADP is now awaiting…

High court action update

Dear LAC Supporters A quick update: 1. We are on track to go to court – The OCA lodged its papers with the High Court on the 2nd August 2021. We sought relief on two matters: (a) an urgent interdict to halt the construction on the site, whilst (b) the High Court considers a review…