Dear OCA, I am a resident of Observatory and do not agree with your campaign. I have followed your objections for several years and it was only in the final stage of the objections did you bring to the front the heritage and first nation issues as the primary issue. In principal your argument is…
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Professor Adam Haupt’s support of the LAC
Click here to watch a YouTube video by Professor Adam Haupt on the River Club development and his support for the Liesbeek Action Campaign.
Hong Kong’s colorful new ‘pocket parks’ are revitalizing public spaces
Rebecca Cairns – 19 September 2022 Bright pink and scattered with octagonal stools, Portland Street Rest Garden is an Instagrammer’s dream. But this park, wedged between two high rises on a bustling Hong Kong street, isn’t filled with influencers posing for photos: instead, local retirees play checkers on fuchsia gameboards, while elderly neighbors gossip on…
Join us on the Liesbeek for World Rivers Day 25 September 2022
Please join us on Sunday the 25th of September for a clean-up and weeding along the Liesbeek River to shed light on the challenges of rivers in cities, to restore their functioning, and to celebrate this ecological corridor. Place: Observatory Section opposite Hartleyvale Stadium Time: 12-2pm Bring: gloves, hats, and water Litter pickers and trash…
Invite to join Obs resident Mia Aderne in discussion about her novel Mermaids Fillet
The UCT Department of English Literary Studies and the Institute for Creative Arts warmly invite you to join us for a discussion between Dr Maria Geustyn (UCT) and Mia Arderne about her debut novel Mermaid Fillet (2020) on Friday 30 September at 16h00. Mia is a Cape Town-based author and writer with bylines in the…
Four former OCA chairs support the current OCA.
An Observatory resident and former OCA chair, Bovain MacNab (2007-2009) recently publicly criticised the OCA and its leadership and joined a call for a takeover of the OCA in order to stop our involvement in the court case against the River Club. We believe that this is part of a wider effort to protect the…
Leaders opposed to the River Club development face online smear campaign
Bulelwa Payi – 11 September 2022 Traditional and community leaders who have fought against the controversial River Club development have gone after those responsible for a website alleged to be behind a “vicious smear campaign”. The leaders of the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional Council (GKKTIC) said the anonymous site…
Crime reporting
There is a significant gap between the incidents reported to OBSID and the number of reports to SAPS. This is a serious problem because: a) budget and resources are allocated on cases reported. You may have noticed a drop in SAPS patrols – the only way to fix this is with the crimes that do…
PLEASE JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY
Dear LAC supporters 💚💚💚 WALK OF SOLIDARITY 💚💚💚 Support us in our call for Peace & Unity as we join to Protect the River and Stop the Destruction of Sacred Land by Amazon & the Private Developer We are humbly asking for your support this Wednesday 27 July as we take the developer to task…
Mancomm meeting
Our next Mancomm is on Tuesday 26 July 2022 Date: Tue 26 July 2022 Time:18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home