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JODI ALLEMEIER – 6 DEC 2023 On a road trip from Al-’Ula to Al WaJ, passing through small towns along the way, two colleagues / girlfriends and I admir-critiqued the different approaches to urban landscape design punctuating our journey. Specifically, we enjoyed the retro median and roundabout designs – some with local colors built into…

See the comments on the DSD Draft Policy on SUD prevention and treatment from the Observatory Civic Association here.

SUPPORTING LOCAL INITIATIVES TO CELEBRATE OBS’S DIVERSE HISTORY ABOUT OBSID & HERITAGE In 2020, OBSID undertook a survey of residents desires, and one of the issues raised was the need for a repository of the history of Observatory, which allows for a strengthen the Observatory community through the celebration of our unique and diverse history…

JOIN US ON THE 18th NOVEMBER 10H00 – 16H00 AFRIKA BURN HQ, #8 JUNCTION ROAD, SALT RIVER Get your hands in on the magic! We’re having a creative day for everyone who wants to get involved with STREETOPIA! https://streetopia.co.za/ Painting Signs Touch ups on Silver Cloud (Our Street Art Installation) Painting Bean Bags and LOTS…

Check out the Streetopia Facebook page to see all the exciting events that will be taking place!

30 years ago, before the end of apartheid, Observatory was one of the few places where different races could mix with more freedom than elsewhere in South Africa. On the evening of the 30th of December 1993, one day before new years eve, and just a few short months before the first democratic elections in…

The marathon is done! I finished in 4 hours 19 min. I am grateful for the Shoe4Africa team. Together we managed to raise over $350 000 !!! Thank you all for your support and donations. You are all heros to children with cancer in Eastern Africa.

Obs Alpha Pharm – Mr Vassen 1) Medical Diagnostech Proudly 🇿🇦 92% sensitivity, 100% specificity, developed together with MRC and the National Reference Lab of NHLS https://www.samrc.ac.za/press-releases/south-africas-first-covid-19-antigen-self-test-launched Rondebosch Pharmacy under Checkers – Mr Chikte 2) Boson Biotech 98% sensitivity, 100% specficity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335347/

Julia Evans – 18 October 2023 E-waste is the world’s fastest-growing waste stream. But one-sixth of it is invisible to us and will either prove hazardous in a landfill or be a wasted precious resource. On average, every one of us will produce eight kilograms of e-waste (electronic waste) this year, according to the United…

Becky Morton- 12 November 2023 Milton Keynes was created in the 1960s as a way of easing housing shortages in London. But five decades later it was facing a housing crisis of its own, dubbed “tent city” in the media because of the encampments of rough sleepers dotted around the centre. In autumn 2017, there…