A battle is raging over the proposed development of the land along the Liesbeek River in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The area along the Liesbeek is recognised as a sacred space, says HWC NEWS | 19 February 2020 By Steve Kretzmann Heritage Western Cape has slammed the study on which the developers based…
Salt River Heritage Society’s attempts to record area’s heritage thwarted by City
The manner in which City officials dealt with SRHS’s request to use this facility to house its operations, reflects the deep-seated impact and legacy of colonial governance structures. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA) NEWS / 17 FEBRUARY 2020, 12:30PM / SHABODIEN ROOMANAY Looking back to plan ahead. This is the motto adopted by the Salt River Heritage Society…
Rex Trueform building declared a provincial heritage site
NEWS / 21 FEBRUARY 2019, 1:04PM / KAREN PRETORIUS Cape Town – The declaration of the Rex Trueform building in Salt River as a provincial heritage site has been described as a “monument for the workers”. The building once housed a vibrant factory with more than a 1000 workers before the operation was shutdown in 2005. Greg Hoedemaker, from…
Time to give unsung Khoisan heroes their place in the sun
The Khoisan group camped at the Union Buildings for more than a year. It is recorded that by 1700 several Khoikhoi whose economic backbone had been decimated found themselves as servants on the farms on land they had previously owned or had become dependent on the colony for their livelihood, to this day. Photo: Oupa…
Pinelands mixed housing project to uplift Thornton and surrounds, says developer
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…