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…
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REPORT on Pepper tree square car park
from De Vos Rabie City of Cape Town I made contact with Deon Franken, the newly appointed official in the Property Holding department,and briefly described our situation and our request to have the over-billing/arrears on our account written off. He responded promptly and committed to set up a meeting once he collected, and had a…
LDG Status of developments as at end May 2019
from Leslie London – In general, it seems most of the Large Developments in Observatory developments are on hold. Our last Erf Watch found that most of these developments have not submitted further plans. This may be the result of a glut of accommodation in Observatory coupled with the depressed real estate market. Some of…
Chair’s Report June 2019
from Tauriq Jenkins – A Civic…It’s a curious place of broad representation, a magical place of meaning, placemaking, and for the OCA in particular – heritage protection and the protection of the vulnerable. We fight the bullies. The civic is a space for the community. The subway project has been a wonderful community initiative that reclaiming a…
TRUP Association Report
from Marc Turok – We had a good TRUP Association (TRUPA) monthly meeting this last Tuesday 18 June. We have a special T R U Park Public Forum Meeting set for 6.30 pm on Tuesday 16 July at the SAAO Auditorium Updates on important Heritage, Environmental and Development pressure issues affecting the Park. TRUPA has set…
Liquor Licence objection for Springbok Pub
from Leslie London – Dear Obs residents, The owner of Springbok Pub, located on Lower Main Rd, opposite DAG between Trill and Norwich Roads, has applied for a License to run a beer garden at the back of the premises (where there is currently parking and a number of garage structures). This is a potential…
Trill Rd Subway Refurbishment
Tanya Bonello recently sent the OCA this report on the Trill Rd Station Subway: On the day that our new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was inaugurated, our community in Observatory came together to rehabilitate our subway which serves as a conduit between the East and West side of our neighborhood. Some of these underground spaces of transit…
A Glimmer of light at the end of the circus tunnel
from Edwin Angless – Report back on my meeting of June 10 with interested parties regarding one of the circus issues. Over the last two months, I have put a lot of time into developing a relationship through regular emails, WhatsApp and in situ meetings with Dimitri, the owner of the circus tent. I have…
Hope Held Firm as the ‘Provisional Protection’ on the Heritage of River Club site was retained by HWC Council!
from: Marc Turok, Deputy Chair of TRUPA Two Rivers Urban Park remains under general future development threat! There was some relief on Friday 24 May as the Council of Heritage Western Cape announced that it was committed to holding firm to retain the gazetted order on the Provisional Protection of the River Club Site. Liesbeek…
Report on : Questions put to City of Cape Town and responses received
Report on : Questions put to CoCT and responses received. On the 1s t of April,…