NEWS / 11 February 2020 3:47 PM by Qama Qukula The project leader for Conradie Park says the development is expected to increase property values in the area. Construction company Concor is leading the housing project expected at the site of the derelict old Conradie Hospital. The 22-hectare site is expected to be a game-changer for…
River Club tribunal slams City
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Support for property developer angers Khoi leadership
Civic organisations protest outside Heritage Western Cape offices before a tribunal hearing on 21 November. They want the River Club to be given provincial heritage status as it holds great significance for Khoi peoples. Photo: Steve Kretzmann/WCN NEWS / 7 February 2020 By Steve Kretzmann A statement claiming First Nations support for River Club…
Xolobeni – The Right To Say No
How the Amadiba people from South Africa’s Wild Coast are winning a battle against an Australian Mining Company and the South African political elite. Xolobeni, Eastern Cape, South Africa. A community has been fighting for over 20 years to stop an Australian mining company’s attempt to rip up their ancestral land in order to…
Talks on controversial R4bn River Club development intensify
A Google Earth screenshot of Mowbray with the River Club near the centre of the image. NEWS / 28 JANUARY 2020, 10:23AM / FRANCESCA VILLETTE Cape Town – Talks around the controversial River Club redevelopment have intensified with the First Nations Collective now coming out in support of the R4 billion proposed project. The redevelopment of the River Club…
Victory for housing activists as Paarden Eiland to get low-cost housing
An artist’s impression of the development. Picture: Supplied NEWS / 10 JULY 2019, 11:36AM / MARVIN CHARLES Cape Town – In a victory for housing activists the Municipal Planning Tribunal in Goodwood has approved a new development with an affordable housing component in Paarden Eiland by Spear Reit, a property investment company. “As one of the most racially segregated…
Declare Two Rivers Urban Park and Bo-Kaap Unesco heritage sites
The Department of Transport and Public Works said the River Club site, Two Rivers Urban Park, has been protected by the National Heritage Resources Act’s general protections and by the Heritage Impact Assessment process undertaken by the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust since February 2017. File photo: African News Agency (ANA) Archives NEWS / 27 NOVEMBER 2018, 4:31PM…
OCA Chair appeals Springbok Pub approval by the Liquor Tribunal
Dear Mr. Ndaba I write on behalf of the Observatory Civic Association (OCA). Please find attached our appeal regarding the Springbok Pub approval by the Liquor Tribunal. I have attached as well, an advert posted at the premises which we believe supports one of the grounds for our appeal – this is a photo of…
OCA Response on Armchair Theatre Temp Liquor license
The OCA has responded to Sub-Council 16: “After due consideration, and engagement with the applicant, the Observatory Civic Association has agreed to support this application.” We would, however, like it to be noted that the applicant has applied for a permanent liquor license, and the OCA has not received notification of this application at all….
Khoisan divided over the River Club’s R4bn redevelopment
(Left to right) consultants Jeremy Jackson, Rudwaan Arendse, developer Jody Aufrichtig and leader of the Gorinhaiqua Cultural Council, and spokesperson for the First Nations Collective Zenzile Khoisan doing a site visit of the River Club. Picture: Marvin Charles/Cape Argus Cape Town – Khoisan groups are divided over the controversial River Club redevelopment in Observatory. Leader…