Please see here for all the documentation submitted by the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council Appeal against RiverClub Authorisation by DEADP NEMA Regulations Appeal Form 2019 GKKITC _11 September 2020 CONDONATION National Hearing Report on the Human Rights of the Khoi-San – 14 March 2018 Statement on the Virtual Cabinet Meeting held on Wednesday –…
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Heritage Western Cape Appeal
Please see here for all the documentation submitted by HWC Memorandum River Club Final Comment
Disruption of electricity supply near Scott Rd in Feb caused by builders
On Feb 21st, a contractor involved in the construction of the five story development at 289 Lower Main tore up underground electricity cables in Scott Road which disrupted power to a large part of north Observatory for about 12 hours. Despite repeated requests to our councillor and various officials, we were unable to obtain a…
COVID-19 is now our priority – a Word from our Chair
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…
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…