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BLANK BOOKS CLOSING SALE
Dear All, The time has come to make some tough choices and one is to close our Woodstock branch. Sadly, Woodstock has not quite recovered from the Covid days (it was always upcoming), and with our other shop in Observatory so close to this one, and thriving, it appears that Woodstock has run its course…
Visit a community garden near you
As part of Abalimi’s 40 year celebration we are inviting everybody to visit some of the home and community gardens that are supported by Abalimi. Over the next six weeks different gardens will be on display in different areas, giving a range of farmers the opportunity to show their gardens and sell their veggies. If…
Town Hall meeting
Please join us for a Town Hall meeting open to everyone on Tuesday 27 September to discuss the River Club development. Date: 27 September 2022 Time: 17h30 Venue: TBA
Feedback from our readers
Dear OCA, I am a resident of Observatory and do not agree with your campaign. I have followed your objections for several years and it was only in the final stage of the objections did you bring to the front the heritage and first nation issues as the primary issue. In principal your argument is…
Professor Adam Haupt’s support of the LAC
Click here to watch a YouTube video by Professor Adam Haupt on the River Club development and his support for the Liesbeek Action Campaign.
Hong Kong’s colorful new ‘pocket parks’ are revitalizing public spaces
Rebecca Cairns – 19 September 2022 Bright pink and scattered with octagonal stools, Portland Street Rest Garden is an Instagrammer’s dream. But this park, wedged between two high rises on a bustling Hong Kong street, isn’t filled with influencers posing for photos: instead, local retirees play checkers on fuchsia gameboards, while elderly neighbors gossip on…
Join us on the Liesbeek for World Rivers Day 25 September 2022
Please join us on Sunday the 25th of September for a clean-up and weeding along the Liesbeek River to shed light on the challenges of rivers in cities, to restore their functioning, and to celebrate this ecological corridor. Place: Observatory Section opposite Hartleyvale Stadium Time: 12-2pm Bring: gloves, hats, and water Litter pickers and trash…
Invite to join Obs resident Mia Aderne in discussion about her novel Mermaids Fillet
The UCT Department of English Literary Studies and the Institute for Creative Arts warmly invite you to join us for a discussion between Dr Maria Geustyn (UCT) and Mia Arderne about her debut novel Mermaid Fillet (2020) on Friday 30 September at 16h00. Mia is a Cape Town-based author and writer with bylines in the…
Four former OCA chairs support the current OCA.
An Observatory resident and former OCA chair, Bovain MacNab (2007-2009) recently publicly criticised the OCA and its leadership and joined a call for a takeover of the OCA in order to stop our involvement in the court case against the River Club. We believe that this is part of a wider effort to protect the…