From: Edwin Angless Subject: Re: Amazon and the River Club Date: 20 August 2021 at 20:01:36 SAST To: [email protected] Cc: Edwin Angless Dear Robyn, I refer to the emails I have sent to you querying the origin and approach to the articles referred to below, which have received no response or comment from yourself. These…
Category: Liesbeek Action Campaign
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Appeal to the water tribunal and application
Dear registered Interested and Affected Party, 1) On 10 June 2021 the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) was informed by the relevant authority, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), that the LLPT was granted a water use licence (“WUL”) for the re-development of the River Club property. 2) On 23 June 2021, the OCA lodged an appeal with the Water Tribunal…
Reverend Rachel Mash’s Facebook post
See Facebook post with video here
Meet Fred Du Preez, the artist behind the mysterious floating Black River statue
Art director Fred Du Preez is responsible for creating the mysterious floating statue on the Black River which has captured the curiosity of Capetonians for years. The statue named Hope has resurfaced in the river once again with a brand-new, eco-friendly floating base. The Hope statue has become a well-recognised art installation floating in the waterway…
Even the City of Cape Town thinks this decision fails to respect heritage and natural environment
13 SEP 2020 — It’s been pretty incredible. The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) produced an implausible document purporting to provides reasons for granting an Environmental Authorisation (EA) to the LLPT for their proposed development of the River Club. Hardly has the ink dried on that authorisation, and whilst the Appeal process…
Community Service Award Winners
The Mayor of CT put out a call for people to be nominated for various community service awards on the 17th of June. Less than 24 hours before the awards were given, we were very pleasantly surprised to discover that OCA chair Leslie London had won the award for LEADERSHIP – by “exhibiting selfless leadership at the…
A Social Compact must be about a public, not private, benefit
24 JUN 2021 — Today the LLPT announced news of an event featuring a so-called Social Compact between the developers and the First Nations Collective (FNC). This is not surprising though it is rather illogical. A Social Compact is an implicit agreement among the members of a society to co-operate for social benefits, for example by…
Not a Rubbish Dump, Jody.
23 JUN 2021 — In March 2020, Jody Aufrichtig claimed in a letter to the Cape Argus newspaper that “The River Club site is in fact severely under-utilised, closed to the public and degraded, with some parts being used as a rubbish dump.” Well, the LLPT, as legally required to do, have done a faunal search and…