LAC News Clippings

No! In Their Own Words: What indigenous people against the River Club development have to say

Protestors during the Liesbeek Action Campaign against Amazon River Club Development on November 12, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that indigenous and heritage protection and conservation groups with concerned residents have slammed the development by Amazon citing that it is a destruction of a sacred heritage site that deeply violates climate…

River Club developers take interdict fight to SCA

The controversial R4.6-billion Liesbeeck River construction site is being packed up and plans are afoot to return the river to its original channel shape. File Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town – The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) has filed an urgent application in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for leave to…

Talking points for a propaganda campaign – Liesbeek Action Campaign

Paternalism, ethnocide, epistemicide: Talking points for a propaganda campaign 16 May 2022 The Liesbeek Action Campaign condemns a seemingly coordinated effort to spread misinformation about objections to the development at the River Club, Observatory, Cape Town. Several personalities with ties to the Democratic Alliance and the Institute for Race Relations have voiced their opinions on…

Local organizations welcome court interdict on Amazon HQ construction in South Africa

Xinhua – 21 March 2022 CAPE TOWN, March 20 (Xinhua) — Organizations of local residents and indigenous Khoisan on Sunday welcomed a court interdict on the ongoing construction of a project that will house American retail giant Amazon’s African headquarters in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. Observatory Civic Association that represents Observatory…

Tribal protests put a stop to Amazon’s African base

The proposed development in Cape Town has attracted anger as it lies at the confluence of two rivers considered sacred BRENTON GEACH/GETTY IMAGES Jessica Newman – 21 March 2022 Amazon has been dealt a blow after a court halted construction of the ecommerce company’s new African headquarters. Plans for the 70,000 sq m (750,000 sq…

Judge halts development at the River Club in Cape Town

The River Club development in Cape Town. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander TIMESLIVE – 20 March 2022 The Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust has been interdicted from carrying out further construction of a development at the River Club in Cape Town pending meaningful engagement with all affected people. Construction is already under way at the R4.5bn…