Kaylynne Bantom – 16 November 2021 On Friday 12 November a group of civic, Khoi and environmental organisations held a peaceful demonstration at the TRUP mound in Liesbeek Parkway in Observatory against the development of the site. In April this year the City approved a 15-hectare parcel of land for development by the Liesbeek Leisure…
Fight to stop River Club development continues
Wesley Ford – 18 Nov 2021 What is happening to the River Club site in Observatory is a repeat of what happened there more than 400 years ago when indigenous people were dispossessed of their land. So say the hundreds of protesters who gathered at the entrance of the Two Rivers Urban Park to voice…
Land activists call on Jeff Bezos to intercede in a development on sacred land in Observatory
Next month, The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional Indigenous Council will be going to court in an effort to seek an interdict against the River Club developers from going ahead with the development. Or live stream the show on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/KM0oGjWbMmk
‘Alarming precedent’ – Liesbeek River under siege again
KEVIN WINTER – 10 NOVEMBER 2021 The Liesbeek River is living symbol of a South Africa characterised by land dispossession, heritage loss, irreparable damage to ecosystems, accompanied by significant social and political conflict, and risk to water security and climate change. But the river is under siege again by development along its banks, writes Dr…
’Amazon this land is sacred,’ say protesters ahead of court case
Bulelwa Payi – Nov 14, 2021 AS THE climate change conference in Glasgow ended, Khoi indigenous people, environmentalists and land activists have called on Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos to intercede in a development on sacred land in Observatory. Bezos announced a $2 billion investment towards fighting climate change in Africa at COP26 while developers…
Ward Elections, your councillor and promises of prosperity, DA style
31 OCT 2021 — It’s Election Day tomorrow. We vote for our local councillors. The role of the local councillor is critical to South Africa’s democracy. As outlined in the Municipal Systems Act of 2000, which lays the basis for a developmental form of local government that breaks with past exclusionary policies under apartheid, “A…
T.R.A.S.H. on the Liesbeek in Observatory
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Join our protest on 12th November at Liesbeek River to coincide with the end of COP26
Dear Friends and supporters of the Liesbeek Action Campaign As you know, our nomination of the Two Rivers Urban Park for provincial heritage status in early 2020 was only processed by Heritage Western Cape in July this year. However, the HWC Council, when it met in July, agreed that the site is so important, that…
How to report a disturbance in Obs
As an Observatory resident, if you have a complaint regarding noise/disturbance/nuisance against an establishment in Observatory, please do the following: 1. Call 107 or 1011 to report the disturbance and obtain a reference number. Send the details of the complaint and reference no to [email protected] for record purposes and submission to the relevant authorities. 2….
