Communication from OCA chair Leslie London to Ward 57 councillor Yusuf Mohamed: Dear Yusuf The Observatory Civic Association will be hosting a Town Hall meeting on the Wed 27th March at 6pm and hope that you will be able to attend and share an update on plans for the Village Green. The meeting is intended…
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SAAO Open Nights
SAAO Open Nights The SAAO’s headquarters are in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory on the site of the former Royal Observatory. The historic building is recognised as a National Heritage Site, and houses administration facilities, offices, and the SAAO library. You are welcome to visit the SAAO in Cape Town on SAAO Open Nights, on…
Looking for new Arts & Heritage chair
Dear all As you may or may not know, the OCA is searching for a new chair of Arts & Culture (among various other positions, as listed on the our website). If you or anyone you know would like to take up the position (or any other vacant position), please get into contact with us at…
Cape Town Carnival
Join us on Saturday 16 March for the Weird, Wacky and Wonderful – Lekker Carnival on the Green Point Fan Walk!
Unhealthy racism and inequality
Nadine Dirks (the former Liesbeek Action Campaign media officer) recently published her first novel titled Hot Water. Nadine Dirks – 7 February 2024 The South African context of a faulty public healthcare system, apartheid spatial planning and class and race divides breeds a strange state of being. Either we endure suffering silently, escaping into another world…
The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants
Chris Baraniuk – 23rd February 2024 From Australia to Ontario, cities are taking up unnecessary stretches of concrete and asphalt, allowing nature to take hold in their place. On a hot July day, Katherine Rose picked up a sturdy metal pole and jammed it under the tempting lip of a pre-cut concrete slab. Rose, communications and…
Cape Town launches cash-for-power applications for home solar users
Hanno Labuschagne – 12 February 2024 The City of Cape Town has started allowing households to apply to earn cash for excess power generated by their solar PV systems. Speaking at the city’s 2050 Energy Strategy launch on 12 February 2024, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that the first round of applications for the Cash for Power…
The two-faced cookie that called out a lying politician in South Africa
Nick Dall – 3 March 2024 When Coloured women were promised – then denied – both equality and the vote, they protested with a garish and sickly sweet biscuit. Stopping at the Wembley Bakery in Belgravia – a Cape Town suburb designated for “Coloured” people only during apartheid – is best done on an empty…
A vigilant voter’s elections guide to keep our digital streets safe from misinformation
Kavisha Pillay – 4 March 2024 If you come across false information this election season, don’t simply continue to scroll. You can actively play a role in keeping our digital streets safer. Election season is upon us. And you can be assured, dear voter, that regardless of where you are in South Africa, how you…
Meet Zackie Achmat
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