Dear OCA members The City has recently completed a valuation of all properties that comprise their rates base. The previous valuation was completed in 2015 and this is a new valuation in January 2019. (http://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Residential-property-and-houses/property-valuations/current-and-upcoming-valuations) Observatory residents will have received a notice if your property was valued, indicating the value the City estimates for your…
Category: Uncategorized
Massive Development Plans for Strubens Road Threaten Heritage – Urgent call for a community response
Massive New Development Proposed for Strubens Road – 4 Storied-Block of Flats Calling for an urgent response by the 18th of March! On the 22nd January notices on the homes of 1, 3, 5 Strubens Road where posted announcing the intention of 1 Life Projects to develop a 4 storied-block of flats. The notice requested…
Invitation to attend the Affordable Housing Workshop on Saturday 9 Feb 2019
Please join the Observatory Civic Association (OCA), Development Action Group (DAG), Ndifuna uKwazi(NU), Communicare and Civic Action for Public Participation(CAPP) for a morning workshop. Date: Saturday, 9 February 2019 Venue: Observatory Community Hall, Station Road, Obs (opposite Spar) Time: 10am(sharp)-1pm The programme includes speakers from the partner organisations, as well as facilitated discussion. Seating is limited. Please…
OCA Talk: Dr Helen Robinson on the history of the Liesbeek
The Observatory Civic Association invites you to a talk by Dr Helen Robinson, author of Villages of the Liesbeek: from the Sea to the Source. Date: Wed 10 October 6.30pm to 8pm Venue: NA Room, Observatory Community Centre Dr Robinson’s recent book documents the history of the inhabitants who lived along this once very fertile…
OCA submission on Two Rivers Urban Park heritage appeal
The OCA is alarmed that Heritage Western Cape is being challenged to end its protection of the Two Rivers Urban Park, as provincial government is appealing the decision to give the Park heritage protection. We have lodged a submission in this regard (here). At 10am Thursday 18 October the Ministerial Appeal Tribunals will hold…
OCA Update – August 2018
This is an excerpt from the OCA newsletter of 28 August 2018. Subscribe to OCA Monthly Updates here. The next meeting of the OCA committee is 6.30pm, Thursday 30 August. You can get minutes from our last meeting here. Some highlights from the past month: Civic activism: On Wednesday 5 September, the OCA will host…
Notice: Building violations in Obs
Dear Obs residents Building work can generate noise but builders are expected to comply with the National Building Regulations (here) at all time. This means that, although they are not restricted from working after hours, they are restricted from construction activities generating excessive noise that ‘unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the amenity of the neighbourhood’…
OCA Update – July 2018
This is an excerpt from the OCA newsletter of 26 July 2018. Subscribe to OCA Monthly Updates here. The next meeting of the OCA committee is 6.30pm, Thursday 26 July. You can get minutes from our last meeting here. Here are a few highlights from the past month: Malta Park: Local filmmaker Munashe Makado has…
What has the OCA been up to?
The month of June marks the halfway mark for the year; OCA members have put together a list of some the things we’ve managed to accomplish for the community in those six months. There’s much more to do!
OCA takes action on Hartleyvale & Malta Park
On Monday 4 June, the Observatory Civic Association lodged an official objection to the City’s sweetheart lease of Hartleyvale and Malta Park to Cape Town City Football Club and the fencing off of Malta Park – a public space that has been open to the whole community for many decades. It is a matter of…