Dear Obs residents, This has been a really hectic time and we hope you are all keeping safe, staying home, and practicing social distancing and lots of surface cleaning and hand washing. COVID-19 is changing our lives and we hope we will emerge a more caring society afterward. I have no substantive reports on LDG…
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River Club tribunal slams City
Weekend Argus – Sunday edition NEWS / 09 Feb 2020 Click Here to read article
Xolobeni – The Right To Say No
How the Amadiba people from South Africa’s Wild Coast are winning a battle against an Australian Mining Company and the South African political elite. Xolobeni, Eastern Cape, South Africa. A community has been fighting for over 20 years to stop an Australian mining company’s attempt to rip up their ancestral land in order to…
OCA Chair appeals Springbok Pub approval by the Liquor Tribunal
Dear Mr. Ndaba I write on behalf of the Observatory Civic Association (OCA). Please find attached our appeal regarding the Springbok Pub approval by the Liquor Tribunal. I have attached as well, an advert posted at the premises which we believe supports one of the grounds for our appeal – this is a photo of…
Liquor License application – Springbok Pub Observatory Reasons
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2020 Social Issues Vision
by Kimon Bisogno – Social Issues chair – Overview Every Wednesday for the last 2 years I have been using life skills to teach the homeless of the area how to calm their mind at the Youth Solutions hall in Shelley Street and better manage their stress. The program’s intention is to encourage the individual…
Of developers, governance and land speculation
By Tshego Putu and Taylor Stanton• 6 November 2019 | Maverick Citizen In Cape Town, the City’s decisions to support developers in the Philippi Horticultural Area, the River Club development in Observatory, and the WEX2 development in Woodstock have drawn the ire of residents, activists and NGOs. In what often feels like a never-ending legal…
Another hurdle for R4bn Two Rivers Park development plan
NEWS / 18 DECEMBER 2019, 3:06PM / MARVIN CHARLES The Department of Transport and Public Works said the River Club site has been protected by the National Heritage Resources Act’s general protections and by the Heritage Impact Assessment process undertaken by the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust since February 2017. File photo: African News Agency (ANA) Archives.Cape Town – The…
REPORT BACK by Tauriq Jenkins – Western Cape Liquor Authority Tribunal : Springboks Observatory Liquor Licence Application
Introduction Initially scheduled to start at 9 AM at the Western Cape Liquor Authority (WCLA) in Bellville, upon arrival with Observatory resident, Roger Norton, we were informed that it would start at 10 AM. Present was Anine Kriegler who was summoned by the WCLA as an ‘expert witness’ in her own capacity, and Warrant Officer…
Information relating to the 2019 AGM
As per our constitution please find the following information that we are obliged to circulate 5 days before the AGM. DONT FORGET TO COME ON TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER AT 17.45 at the Obs community Centre.!! 1) The Annual Report of the Chairperson to be adopted at the AGM – Download it here 2) The Annual…