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🎃 Calling all Halloween-friendly homes & businesses in Observatory! 🎃
If you would like trick-or-treaters calling in on Sunday 29 October 17h30-19h30 (not Tuesday 31st). Please remember to stick a picture of a pumpkin on your gate or decorate so kids & parents know you are open for fun Pet lovers – consider having doggie treats available too as often families walk with their dogs. To…
Resurfacing of Malta A-Field
The Malta A-Field is scheduled for rehabilitation. Therefore, it will not be accessible until further notice.
Surplus radical books
CPF SGM
Hi Obsies, The CPF is a really important structure within Observatory, we are the bridge between our residents and SAPS. We liase with them about Crime and also support them if possible. We do community based projects in conjunction with SAPS too. We’re SubSec1 which is connected to the Woodstock SAPS precinct, along with Salt…
Cape Town’s Cissie Gool House residents reveal what sets their unlawful occupation apart from building hijackings
Tamsin Metelerkamp and Suné Payne – 8 October 2023 The recent deadly fire in a hijacked building in Johannesburg drew attention to the proliferation of unlawfully occupied sites in South Africa’s inner cities — a symptom of what activists have called a ‘housing crisis’. Not all these occupations operate in the same way, however. At…
Secret Garden charity plant sale
Mdazananda: 🚨 HELD UP AT GUNPOINT AND BEATEN UP 🚨
Yesterday afternoon four of our staff were brutally attacked while trying to do good in the community 💔 We recently launched “The Fencing Project” – an initiative to build fences around community members’ yards. The aim is to create more safe homes for people who wish to adopt dogs 🏡 While building the first fence…
How to build a heat-resilient city
Jake Bittle & Naveena Sadasivam – 5 October 2023 This story was co-published with Gizmodo. It is also part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. Cities are hot. When you cover the ground with asphalt and concrete, jam millions of cars…
Fast-fashion can solve its waste problem by using recycled textiles—but we have to push pressure on brands to use it
Quynh Do Nhu – 23 September 2023 Earlier this year, fast fashion retailer Zara released its first womenswear collection made of recycled poly-cotton textile waste. The collection is available for sale in 11 countries, helping clothing made of blended textile waste reach the mass market. The collection came about after Zara’s parent company Inditex…