Hello all We had a fiesty meeting on 27 Oct 2021 with SAPS, WCLA and some residents of Milton Road re Lobey Fiesta and La Verte. The big take away was that residents have to become more active in reporting issues so that a body of evidence can be built up against these establishments. I…
OCA comments on Reduced Offstreet Parking Bylaw
See document here
The Headlines | Tauriq Jenkins
Listen to Tauriq Jenkins’ interview on Metro FM about the River Club Development here.
Amazon’s colonial HQ in Cape Town must be stopped
Michael Kwet & Tshiamo Malatji – 26 Jan 2022 Last week, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) sought an interdict against the construction of new facilities in Observatory, Cape Town. The centrepiece of development is the Amazon headquarters, without which the project will not go forward. The…
Notes for Oral Argument
See our advocate Alan Dodson’s Notes for Oral Argument here
Mancomm meeting
Our next Mancomm is on Tuesday 1 February 2022 Date: Tuesday 1 February 2022 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home
PROPOSED LEASE OF CITY LAND, PORTION OF ERF 26168 CAPE TOWN, STATION ROAD, OBSERVATORY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
The City outlined a proposed lease of the land under Station Road bridge, above the railway line, and said that the period for commenting was between 30 Nov 2021 and 3 Jan 2022. This had been preceded by a bulk advert published on 20 May 2021. The OCA raised a number of objections to the…
Notes of meeting with our new Ward Councillor – Yusuf Mohammed
“The OCA invited the new Ward Councillor, Yusuf Mohamed, to meet to discuss some urgent priorities and how to have better collaboration with our Ward Councillor in future on the 12th January. We shared with the councillor what the OCA does and our current plans. We also explained our difficulties with our previous Ward Councillor…
Fundraiser for events at the Willow Arts Collective
Hello friends, I would like to present to you the fundraising campaign we are currently developing at the Willow Arts Collective (WAC) in Observatory. We are aiming to collect funds to get a bedouin tent. The tent will be mounted at the premises and will provide space for permaculture workshops, meetings, screenings, etc. We aim…
Here’s how Liesbeek River floodplain will impact Amazon HQ development
Barbara Friedman – 25 Jan 2022 Dr Kevin Winter of the Future Water Institute at UCT speaks to Refilwe Moloto about the controversial Amazon HQ development. – The area for the planned Amazon headquarters is a floodplain so it will flood, says Dr Winter – Secondly it is hard to model as the catchment area…