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…
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…