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…
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OCA submission on Two Rivers Urban Park heritage appeal
The OCA is alarmed that Heritage Western Cape is being challenged to end its protection of the Two Rivers Urban Park, as provincial government is appealing the decision to give the Park heritage protection. We have lodged a submission in this regard (here). At 10am Thursday 18 October the Ministerial Appeal Tribunals will hold…
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 Update – May 2018
This is an excerpt from the OCA newsletter of 28 May 2018. Subscribe to OCA Updates here. The next meeting of the OCA committee is 6.30pm, Tuesday 29 May. (You can get minutes from our last meeting here.) A few highlights from the past month: What kind of Obs do we want? Last…
Malta Park & Hartleyvale – A Tale of Three Cities and a Civic
Currently involving the City of Cape Town, Cape Town City Soccer Club, FC Kapstaadt, the issue at Hartleyvale is one that centralises the political and historical layers of the Mother City. This nexus of the Capetonian debate is infused with sensitivities on privatisation, injustice, fencing, leasing, lack of public consultation, the desires of a large…