Please take pictures of environmental disasters and failing infrastructure and log this with the city council on their C3-Reporting system. It works. Option 1 – Report a service request online: Follow the prompts to log the request. Please note that you can follow up on your request once it’s logged. Notes: When describing the fault, it’s important to log as much detail as possible. If you’re reporting a water related fault, indicate whether…
Court dismisses Observatory occupants’ application against City of Cape Town
A group of people living on property formerly leased to the South African National Circus School in Observatory, Cape Town, have lost a court bid to have some details of the City of Cape Town’s housing report excluded from the record. The report gives details about the occupants’ personal circumstances and the possibility of providing…
Even the City of Cape Town thinks this decision fails to respect heritage and natural environment
13 SEP 2020 — It’s been pretty incredible. The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) produced an implausible document purporting to provides reasons for granting an Environmental Authorisation (EA) to the LLPT for their proposed development of the River Club. Hardly has the ink dried on that authorisation, and whilst the Appeal process…
RAMPAC comments on the Table Bay district plan
6 th June, 2021 For Attention: tablebay.districtsdf@capetown.gov.za DISTRICT SDF COMMENT : FOR THE TABLE BAY PLANNING DISTRICT As a grouping of planning, heritage and urban design professionals living in and with a community-based interest primarily in the Rosebank and Mowbray area our concerns also lie with those parts of the city that are integral to the…
OBSID comments on the Table Bay district plan
The OBSID Board of Directors is submitting these comments to the Table Bay LSDF from the perspective of the future requirements for urban management in Observatory, where we operate as a Special Ratings Area urban management organisation. We note that the major trends for the future of Observatory include: – Continued densification of both Observatory…
OCA comments on the Table Bay district plan
To the Table Bay District Plan Officer City of Cape Town 8001 District SDF Comment: For the Table Bay Planning District The Observatory Civic Association welcomes the opportunity to comments on the Draft Table Bay District Plan 2021. By way of commencing our comments, we refer to two other submissions: The submission of the…
POPI REGULATIONS CAME INTO EFFECT TODAY
The Protection of Personal Information Act (or POPI Act), comes into effect from 1 July 2021. The OCA would like to assure members that personal information contained in our database remains confidential and is not shared with any third party without your consent. Should you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please click here: UNSUBSCRIBE However, no action…
Community Service Award Winners
The Mayor of CT put out a call for people to be nominated for various community service awards on the 17th of June. Less than 24 hours before the awards were given, we were very pleasantly surprised to discover that OCA chair Leslie London had won the award for LEADERSHIP – by “exhibiting selfless leadership at the…
THE OCA HAS VACANCIES ON ITS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
If you are able to “donate” a few hours of your time to help the OCA with the many community issues that it gets involved in – from Social Issues to Building Regulations to Fundraising to Keeping our members updated etc etc etc, then please drop us an email at info@obs.org.za and we will happily provide you…
Social issues report
Obz Car Boot Sale The Observatory Civic Association, Liesbeek Action Campaign and locals from the Observatory community came together to launch the first Obz car boot sale on Saturday the 12th of June. The Pepper tree car park behind the Kwikspar came alive with community! Locals selling an assortment of gems, incense, hardware, clothing, art, plants, bric a brac –…