TRUPA’S OBJECTION TO REZONING & DEVIATIONS TO ERF 151832 1. The Two Rivers Urban Park Association (TRUPA) would like to submit the following comment and objection in firm response to the unfortunate application to rezone the River Club site as per the application 70396369. TRUPA have submitted a number of previous objections and comments representing TRUPA’s mandate. TRUPA represents stakeholders…
Category: Liesbeek Action Campaign
a Word from our chair – Response to the ruling on the river club development
Dear OCA members As we pointed out in our last newsletter, the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Economic Development (DEADP) issued an Environmental Authorisation under the National Environmental Management Act for the proposed re-development of the River Club. It is an understatement to say we do not believe the Environmental Authorisation is justified. The…
River Club project has not been halted despite heritage appeal ruling, decision is still awaiting
An impression of the proposed River Club development contained in the Basic Assessment Report, a public document produced by SRK Consulting. NEWS | By Trustees of the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust | 22 April 2020 In this right of reply, the developers of a controversial development proposal in Observatory, Cape Town, say an appeal ruling…
TRUPA Response to the Argus article on the 16 April 2020
“R5bn River Club ‘redevelopment comes to an end after tribunal ruling” NEWS | Marvin Charles | 16 April 2020 It is so common that journalists get complex issues wrong! The headline in the Argus article by Marvin Charles, on 16 April stated: “R5bn River Club ‘redevelopment comes to an end after tribunal ruling” The facts…
The Outcome of the Heritage Appeal Tribunal
On the 14 April 2020, after almost two years, the Ministerial Appeal Tribunal considering the appeal by the River Club Developers, supported by the City of Cape Town, and two provincial departments (DEADP and DTPW) came to a thunderous conclusion – that the Appeal had no merit and that the HWC decision “to provisionally protect…
Precies waar ooit de landroof begon, wil Kaapstad nu bouwen
De River Club ligt op gewilde grond in Kaapstad. Maar het plan om er appartementen te bouwen, is omstreden. Dit is de eerste grond die Nederlanders in 1657 van de inheemse bevolking afpakten. Niels Posthumus 10 maart 2020, 9:51 Tauriq Jenkins (39) noemt het ‘de eindstrijd’ van een conflict dat 363 jaar geleden met de…
Climate change threatens SA socio-economic development – Creecy
NEWS / The Citizen 18 Feb 2020 She said her department would spend R1.9bn this year to restore wetlands, estuaries and coastal dunes to better protect human settlements from storms and floods. Climate change poses a “significant risk” to South Africa’s socio-economic development, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy said in the debate on…
The TRUP Provincial Heritage status application
On the evening of the 27th February the Goringhaicona, the OCA and the TRUPA submitted the application for Provincial Heritage Status to Heritage Western Cape with your organisations listed as supporting the application. Below are the four documents that went in for the application – the main application form plus three appendices – the map…
Voice your opposition to the River Club BAR
Dear LAC supporters, The Observatory Civic Association has formulated a petition for people to sign if they don’t have time to submit a separate objection to Amy Hill at SRK regarding the River Club Basic Assessment Report that was published recently. Please sign on and share the below link with as many people as you can,…
OCA Objection submitted to Amy Hill at SRK
Dear Obs Residents, I am sharing with you the final outcome of Heritage Western Cape IACOM (Impact Assessment Committee) comment on the Heritage Impact Assessment conducted by the River Club’s consultants. View Final Comment Here They have totally rejected the report as meeting the requirements for an HIA in terms of Section 38 of the…