SAFETY AWARENESS ALERT

Petty crime and (often opportunistic) house break ins increase every year over the “silly season”. It’s also the season when we feel the most relaxed. Please remember to be extra vigilant about: locking vehicles not leaving items in vehicles checking electric gates & garages close properly turning on your alarms (if you have them) looking…

Support Gift of the Givers through local art!

When the world seems to be being spun off its axis by those who are responsible for protecting it … When reading the news is nauseating, but choosing not to read the news makes you feel even worse … When after all this carnage, you are not sure if a watermelon will ever just be,…

FESTIVE SEASON EMERGENCY NUMBERS

Seeing as the Festive Season is approaching, we have put some emergency numbers together for you! Please feel free to share! GENERAL EMERGENCY NUMBERS ☎️ Public Emergency Contact Center: 021 480 7700 ☎️ landline Emergency Number: 107 📱 Cellphone Emergency Number: 112 AMBULANCE 🚑 Metro Ambulance Services: 10177 🚑 Netcare: 082 911 🚑 ER24: 084…

A roundabout way of knowing where you are

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…

Apply for arts/heritage funding now!

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…

STREETOPIA

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…

Lost in Obs – an upcoming Streetopia event

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…

Shoe4Africa marathon

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.