OCA Town Hall meeting on the Circus Notes of the Town Hall Talk – State of the Circus – held on the 9th April 2019, Observatory Community Centre The meeting opened with Tauriq as OCA chair introducing the facilitator for the evening, Natalie McKaskill from the Lotus River-Grassy Park Civic. It was clarified this was a…
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OBSID AGM – Saturday 24 November, 2018
NOTICE of the OBSID Annual General Meeting Saturday 24 November 2018 10h30 Registration from 09h30 Venue: Woolworths Financial Services Auditorium No. 3 St. Michael’s Road Observatory Notice is hereby given of the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Observatory Improvement District NPC. The AGM will take place on Saturday the 24th November 2018 at…
OCA Talk: Dr Helen Robinson on the history of the Liesbeek
The Observatory Civic Association invites you to a talk by Dr Helen Robinson, author of Villages of the Liesbeek: from the Sea to the Source. Date: Wed 10 October 6.30pm to 8pm Venue: NA Room, Observatory Community Centre Dr Robinson’s recent book documents the history of the inhabitants who lived along this once very fertile…
OCA Update – August 2018
This is an excerpt from the OCA newsletter of 28 August 2018. Subscribe to OCA Monthly Updates here. The next meeting of the OCA committee is 6.30pm, Thursday 30 August. You can get minutes from our last meeting here. Some highlights from the past month: Civic activism: On Wednesday 5 September, the OCA will host…
Notice: Building violations in Obs
Dear Obs residents Building work can generate noise but builders are expected to comply with the National Building Regulations (here) at all time. This means that, although they are not restricted from working after hours, they are restricted from construction activities generating excessive noise that ‘unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the amenity of the neighbourhood’…
OCA Update – July 2018
This is an excerpt from the OCA newsletter of 26 July 2018. Subscribe to OCA Monthly Updates here. The next meeting of the OCA committee is 6.30pm, Thursday 26 July. You can get minutes from our last meeting here. Here are a few highlights from the past month: Malta Park: Local filmmaker Munashe Makado has…
What has the OCA been up to?
The month of June marks the halfway mark for the year; OCA members have put together a list of some the things we’ve managed to accomplish for the community in those six months. There’s much more to do!
OCA takes action on Hartleyvale & Malta Park
On Monday 4 June, the Observatory Civic Association lodged an official objection to the City’s sweetheart lease of Hartleyvale and Malta Park to Cape Town City Football Club and the fencing off of Malta Park – a public space that has been open to the whole community for many decades. It is a matter of…
Opinion: Beware of high-end developments posing as ‘backpackers’
Tracy Hyde, who leads the OCA’s Architecture & Heritage portfolio, wrote the following article for the May edition of ObsLife: As the demand for housing continues to grow in Cape Town, development is a reality that all residents need to adjust to. However, in several neighbourhoods we see a scenario emerging where the City seems…
OCA Statement on Hartleyvale situation
The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) is deeply disturbed by developments at Hartleyvale. The Cape Town City Football Club has secured a three-year lease of the fields at Hartleyvale and Malta Park for the ridiculously low rental of R8 500 per month. Cape Town City FC have stated that they intend to apply for the extension…