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Why does your vote matter?
We are just days away from our local government elections – will you be making your mark on the 1st November? Our local municipality is responsible for the services closest to our lives. They can ensure we have water and electricity in our homes, our refuse is removed, and that our roads, parks and public…
How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave
Johny Myer – 18 October 2021 We are now at the very bottom of an interwave trough after the third Covid-19 wave in South Africa. Data from the Western Cape show that 30% of the recorded Covid-19 cases were aged over 50 and these cases were responsible for 60% of hospitalisations. Vaccination strategies need to…
National Heritage Status is coming for the Two Rivers Urban Park!
14 OCT 2021 — Yesterday, the South African Heritage Resources Authority (SAHRA) visited the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) as part of their process of grading the site as a National Heritage Resource. SAHRA’s grading follows the February 2020 nomination by the the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC), Observatory Civic (OCA) and the…
An inconvenient truth
17 OCT 2021 — The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) delegation had hardly returned to their offices after visiting the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) on Wednesday, 13 October, as part of the process of considering the nomination of the TRUP for national heritage status, when they received an email from the Liesbeek Leisure…
Meet your ward 57 candidates!
As soon as the IEC announced the list of 34 candidates standing to represent you in Ward 57, the OCA tried to track down email addresses for all of them, either through Facebook, google searches or through the political parties under who’s banner they are standing. In the end we were able to make contact…
Why you should not abstain on 1 November
VOTING matters far more than many who have the vote seem to think. As the local elections approach, we are told on digital media such as Facebook and Twitter that many people will not vote because they don’t believe this will achieve anything. We also hear claims that the majority of voters – who don’t…
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