Protestors during the Liesbeek Action Campaign against Amazon River Club Development on November 12, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that indigenous and heritage protection and conservation groups with concerned residents have slammed the development by Amazon citing that it is a destruction of a sacred heritage site that deeply violates climate…
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Vavi slams Amazon for staying silent in row over new HQ in Cape Town
The controversial River Club development in Cape Town. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander Bobby Jordan – 22 June 2022 Veteran trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi has slammed the world’s biggest company, Amazon, for its “deafening silence” on Cape Town’s River Club development dispute. The e-commerce and IT giant is scheduled to be the anchor tenant at…
Amazon plans to expand into South Africa in early 2023 – leaked documents
Business Insider – 20 June 2022 Amazon plans to launch its online marketplace in 5 new countries by early next year, even as it dials back parts of its retail business in the US, Insider has learned. The moves will likely mean more competition for local e-commerce companies, including Jumia, which operates across Africa, and…
River Club developers take interdict fight to SCA
The controversial R4.6-billion Liesbeeck River construction site is being packed up and plans are afoot to return the river to its original channel shape. File Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town – The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) has filed an urgent application in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for leave to…
Talking points for a propaganda campaign – Liesbeek Action Campaign
Paternalism, ethnocide, epistemicide: Talking points for a propaganda campaign 16 May 2022 The Liesbeek Action Campaign condemns a seemingly coordinated effort to spread misinformation about objections to the development at the River Club, Observatory, Cape Town. Several personalities with ties to the Democratic Alliance and the Institute for Race Relations have voiced their opinions on…
Local organizations welcome court interdict on Amazon HQ construction in South Africa
Xinhua – 21 March 2022 CAPE TOWN, March 20 (Xinhua) — Organizations of local residents and indigenous Khoisan on Sunday welcomed a court interdict on the ongoing construction of a project that will house American retail giant Amazon’s African headquarters in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. Observatory Civic Association that represents Observatory…
Amazon’s Africa Headquarters Construction Halted To Protect Indigenous Land In South Africa
Brunno Braga – 21 Mar 2022 After one year of a judicial battle between indigenous people of South Africa and the US-based technology company Amazon regarding the construction of the company’s facility in Cape Town, the country’s court announced that the building of Amazon’s Africa Headquarters is halted in South Africa. This ruling was a…
Amazon on hold! R4.5 billion Cape Town development stopped by courts
Weekend News Producer – 20 March 2022 The River Club development has been in the works for years since 2016 in Cape Town. The development is set to include the new Amazon headquarters and is set to cost R4.5 billion. It’s also been packed full of controversy, legal challenges and protest. This week, one of…
Tribal protests put a stop to Amazon’s African base
The proposed development in Cape Town has attracted anger as it lies at the confluence of two rivers considered sacred BRENTON GEACH/GETTY IMAGES Jessica Newman – 21 March 2022 Amazon has been dealt a blow after a court halted construction of the ecommerce company’s new African headquarters. Plans for the 70,000 sq m (750,000 sq…
Judge halts development at the River Club in Cape Town
The River Club development in Cape Town. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander TIMESLIVE – 20 March 2022 The Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust has been interdicted from carrying out further construction of a development at the River Club in Cape Town pending meaningful engagement with all affected people. Construction is already under way at the R4.5bn…