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Our Court Interdict will be livestreamed!
17 JAN 2022 — Today we saw the appearance of poles along the Liesbeek signalling that the developers are likely to close off the original Liesbeek river from public access, presumably as a prelude to infilling the river course. The interdict hearing could therefore not have arrived a day too soon. We hope the judge…
We stand for the truth and we stand for justice
16 JAN 2022 — On Wednesday 19th January, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and the Observatory Civic Association will be in the High Court seeking an interdict to stop the construction at the River Club which threatens to irrevocably destroy the intangible heritage of the sacred site and contravene numerous environmental sustainability policies….
Liesbeek Action Campaign demonstration ahead of court hearing over River Club development
Cape Town – The Liesbeek Action Campaign (LAC) is this week hosting a string of demonstrations including an interfaith service and a picket outside the River Club, ahead of their Western Cape High Court hearing on Wednesday. The campaign has made several attempts to stop the R4.6 billion River Club development project by the Liesbeek…
Amazon, solidarity doesn’t scare easily
There’s no doubt that the workers, advocates, and elected officials coming together to #MakeAmazonPay have captured the world’s imagination and are changing the way the public perceives Amazon. As much as Amazon is trying, solidarity doesn’t scare easily. Since a group of strikers, labour, environment, tax, data, privacy, and anti-monopoly activists from every corner of our planet and every link in Amazon’s supply chain formed #MakeAmazonPay last…
Mancomm meeting
Our next Mancomm is on Tues 30 November 2021 Date: Tue 30 November 2021 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home
LAC letter to all political parties
This morning the Liesbeek Action Campaign sent the letter linked below to all 52 parties contesting in the Cape Town municipal elections. READ LETTER HERE
Save the Date!
Advance Notice Creating a Peaceful Observatory – Let’s Do It Together Social issues conversation facilitated by Andrew Boraine – residents, businesses, street dwellers, landlords, OBSID, OCA, ONW. Saturday 23rd October 2021 10h00 Venue to be announced For more information, contact Kiki ([email protected]) or Carolyn ([email protected])
Vision of a future Cape Town
WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE