One of OBSID’s patrol vehicles.PHOTO: Supplied Kaylynne Bantom – 19 November 2024 There’s been a drop in crime in the Observatory area thanks to 24-hour visible patrolling by Observatory Improvement District’s (Obsid) safety officers. So says Matt Tyrrell, Obsid’s chief executive officer. These were some of the highlights on the agenda at the Obsid’s annual…
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Request for Comment on Noise Exemption Application for Carols in Station Road Park on 16 December
On 16th of December 2024, our church (Hope City Presbyterian Church – meeting at 26 Wesley Street, Observatory) would like to host a carol singing event in the Station Road Park. Our desire for this community event is to create a space for the residents of Observatory to come together to kick-off the festivities of…
HOLD SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE FOR DEATHS AND SERIOUS ILLNESSES FROM TOXIC PESTICIDES ON THE FARM AND IN FOOD
Dear friends and colleagues The People’s Pesticide Tribunal has called for urgent action on the current epidemic of poisonings related to pesticides – causing child deaths through eating contaminated foods, and impacting the health of farm workers exposed to hazardous pesticides. In particular, Terbufos, an organophosphate pesticide that is in the most hazardous category possible,…
Food poisoning incidents — unpacking food safety and pesticide use
Naledi Sikhakhane: Food Justice reporter, Maverick Citizen. Daily Maverick journalist Lerato Mutsila. Prof Leslie London, Professor of Public Health Medicine, University of Cape Town. (Photos: Supplied) Lillian Roberts – 22 November 2024 More than 22 children have died of suspected food poisoning in late 2024 alone. In a Daily Maverick webinar unpacking regulations and the…
Liquor board admits Enyobeni was a problem tavern
Mourners at the mass funeral for 21 teenagers who died in the Enyobeni tavern tragedy. File photo. Image: Mark Andrews BOMIKAZI MDIYA AND EMIHLE MBANGATA – 22 November 2024 Inquest hears premises were flagged for not meeting requirements, complaints about noise and public drinking. The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has admitted that Scenery Park’s Enyobeni…
DOCUMENTARY TRAILER | No Place to Call Home: Cape Town’s housing crisis
Luke Daniel – 19 November 2024 “That was an empty promise,” says Ursula Felkers while recalling her arrival in Blikkiesdorp and the assurances given by the City of Cape Town that the relocation would be temporary, with residents guaranteed new homes within a matter of months. That was more than 15 years ago… SEE MORE
Emerging Artists Programme
This is an initiative to help emerging artists, based in Cape Town, access opportunities that will help to promote their work and develop their profession. About The Emerging Artists Programme is split into two areas of opportunities to create sustainable and structured development opportunities for local emerging visual artists from previously disadvantaged circumstances… READ MORE
Comment on the 2024 amendments to the City’s Events By-law
We have made some amendments to our Events By-law, 2016, and we want to hear from you. The 2024 amendments to our Events By- law seek to: provide for the classification of certain types of events as City Protected Events; provide for Council exemption from specific by-laws for City Protected Events; and empower the Event…
Comment on the City’s draft revised Councillors Entertainment Policy
We are reviewing the Councillors Entertainment Policy (2013), and we want to hear from you. About the policy The policy, first approved by Council in 2013, is only for official entertainment of non-Council persons, where there is a clear or potential benefit that aligns with the City’s vision… READ MORE
Woodstock Peace Garden Plant Sale
When: Saturday, 30 November 2024 Time: 09:00 – 12:00 Where: Corner Palmerston and Mountain Road.