From Tauriq Jenkins – There have been formal allegations made against me as Chair of the OCA, and by inference against the OCA’s Mancomm, that I am responsible for ‘a delay in the eviction’ at the Circus These allegations are baseless. The facts are that just prior to the May 8 countrywide elections, the Ward…
Liquor Licence objection for Springbok Pub
from Leslie London – Dear Obs residents, The owner of Springbok Pub, located on Lower Main Rd, opposite DAG between Trill and Norwich Roads, has applied for a License to run a beer garden at the back of the premises (where there is currently parking and a number of garage structures). This is a potential…
PAIA application regarding the circus and the outcome
From Leslie London – On the 1st of April, the OCA sent an invitation to 4 different departments and various officials requesting them to respond to concerns about the situation at the Willow Rd Circus and to attend a Town Hall meeting on the matter scheduled for the 9th April. On the 6th April, our…
“Compromise” proposal on the River Club rejected by Heritage Western Cape Council
from Leslie London – As Obs residents know, the River Club has been the subject of an Appeal by the developers, the City, and two Provincial departments, who objected to the declaration by Heritage Western Cape (HWC) of a Provisional Protection Order covering the River Club. This order was issued in March 2018 and the…
Trill Rd Subway Refurbishment
Tanya Bonello recently sent the OCA this report on the Trill Rd Station Subway: On the day that our new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was inaugurated, our community in Observatory came together to rehabilitate our subway which serves as a conduit between the East and West side of our neighborhood. Some of these underground spaces of transit…
A Glimmer of light at the end of the circus tunnel
from Edwin Angless – Report back on my meeting of June 10 with interested parties regarding one of the circus issues. Over the last two months, I have put a lot of time into developing a relationship through regular emails, WhatsApp and in situ meetings with Dimitri, the owner of the circus tent. I have…
Hope Held Firm as the ‘Provisional Protection’ on the Heritage of River Club site was retained by HWC Council!
from: Marc Turok, Deputy Chair of TRUPA Two Rivers Urban Park remains under general future development threat! There was some relief on Friday 24 May as the Council of Heritage Western Cape announced that it was committed to holding firm to retain the gazetted order on the Provisional Protection of the River Club Site. Liesbeek…
Meeting to discuss proposed new constitution of the OCA
Following an extensive process of reviewing the OCA Constitution and other examples of Civic Constitutions, involving two task teams, and comment from an NPO lawyer, the OCA is putting out a draft revised constitution for consultation and comment by OCA members. The draft constitution is at OCA Constitution. Please send any comments you have to…
Report on : Questions put to City of Cape Town and responses received
Report on : Questions put to CoCT and responses received. On the 1s t of April,…
Notes of OCA Town Hall Talks – State of the Circus –
OCA Town Hall meeting on the Circus Notes of the Town Hall Talk – State of the Circus – held on the 9th April 2019, Observatory Community Centre The meeting opened with Tauriq as OCA chair introducing the facilitator for the evening, Natalie McKaskill from the Lotus River-Grassy Park Civic. It was clarified this was a…