Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Denis Goldberg at the polling booth in Hout Bay. (Photo: Tessa Knight) NEWS | By Omry Makgoale• 6 May 2020 Struggle stalwart Denis Goldberg died this week. Here tribute is paid to his honesty, integrity and courage as a beacon for South Africa today and for the future. As a white person…
Homeless Feeding Program Observatory – FULL MOON 🌕 UPDATE
ENERGY IS HIGH! Thank you to EVERYONE for pushing through to Level 4! We are doing so much as a community and as some go to work and priorities change it’s important to capture what’s been done! And vision the future in Obs! Here’s a reminder of what’s happening every week of lockdown in Obs👇…
Joint Bylaw amendment objection
The Observatory Civic Association, the Salt River Residents’ Association, Sea Point for All, the Walmer Estate Civic Association, the Woodstock Resident’s Association and the Wynberg East Civic Association hereby jointly object to the proposed amendment of the City of Cape Town’s Streets, Public Places and the Prevention of Noise Nuisances By-law, 2007 (“2007 By-law”). Introduction…
Organisations ask court to close Strandfontein homeless camp
The City of Cape Town has relocated homeless people to this temporary homeless shelter at Strandfontein sports field. (Photo: Ashraf Hendricks) NEWS | By Vincent Cruywagen | 29 April 2020 The main point of contention is the high concentration of vulnerable and immune-compromised persons. Organisations opposed to a temporary homeless shelter at Strandfontein sports field…
Human Rights Commission report flays Cape Town’s Strandfontein relocation site
A homeless man shouts from behind a fenced off area during a media tour of the Strandfontein temporary homeless shelter site in Cape Town. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Nic Bothma) NEWS | By Suné Payne• 29 April 2020 Strandfontein relocation camp in Cape Town, where homeless people were moved after the Covid-19 lockdown, has been a…
Communities, not government, can and are fighting Covid-19
Police officers patrol the streets in Yeoville and the inner city in Johannesburg, during the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19. Picture: ALON SKUY NEWS | 26 APRIL 2020 – 07:59 KARL VON HOLDT AND TASNEEM ESSOP The heavy-handed, top-down approach during the lockdown has not worked; NGOs, coalitions and community networks have….
Wear a mask or face cloth, limit travelling, and be safe
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 4 MAY 2020 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR TRANSPORT, ALDERMAN FELICITY PURCHASE As we are in week six of the national lockdown, I want to thank all commuters, public transport operators, and our frontline City staff for their cooperation and support to limit the spread of COVID-19. It…
Closure of Strandfontein Emergency Shelter a non-debate – Mayor Plato to SAHRC
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 30 APRIL 2020 MEDIA RELEASE The closure of the Strandfontein Temporary Emergency Shelter is a non-debate, and the decommissioning process will proceed as originally planned by the City of Cape Town, ‘notwithstanding any false victories that narrow interest groups are jostling to manufacture’. Read more below. This was the message in…
City of Cape Town slated over ‘questionable ethics’ of proposed by-law amendments
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato Picture: African News Agency (ANA) READ the Draft version for public comment below. NEWS | By Siphokazi Vuso Apr 23, 2020 Cape Town – The public have until May 17 to comment on the City’s proposed amendments to the streets, public places and the prevention of noise nuisance by-law. The by-law relates…
Homeless Feeding Program Observatory FREEDOM DAY UPDATE
It’s truly amazing how ALL OUR COMMUNITY has come together to love and look after the homeless and vulnerable. We would really like to give a big shout out to the teams making and distributing food! The Tuesday/Thursday & Saturday Lunch pack team – Rebecca, Bulelwa, Julie, Michael & Melikaya! Thank you! The Sunday lunch pack team – Nikki,…