Daily Investor – 12 May 2023 Pick n Pay CEO Pieter Boone warned of food shortages and social unrest in South Africa as load-shedding moves to higher stages. Speaking to Michael Avery on Classic Business, Boone said load-shedding disrupts South Africa’s food supply chain. “We see that in certain categories, including maize meal and chicken…
Update on the Liesbeek Action Campaign
In 2021, the OCA, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and other groups and individuals opposing the River Club case formed the Liesbeek Action Campaign to support the court case and mobilise public support against the development. The campaign was relatively successful in its earlier stages, drawing in a wide range of interested activists…
Mancomm meeting
Reminder that our next Mancomm meeting will be held on Tuesday 25 April 2023. Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings which are always held on the last Tuesday of every month. Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 25 April 2023 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home To attend our Mancomm meetings, please pop us…
Request for Proposal: Telling the Story of Observatory through heritage and memorialisation
The Heritage Portal The Observatory Improvement District (OBSID) is an established Special Rating Area (SRA) and provides top up services to the City of Cape Town. In addition, OBSID has an additional focus on special projects, including public spaces and heritage. We commissioned a project, “Telling the Story of Observatory through heritage and memorialisation”, to…
People occupying Observatory site reject City of Cape Town’s housing offers
Graham Petersen outside the former circus school in Observatory, where 29 people occupy land owned by the City of Cape Town. Petersen says he’ll simply become homeless if they are evicted. Photo: Steve Kretzmann Steve Kretzmann – 14 April 2023 The City of Cape Town has offered to relocate a group of people living on…
Friends of Liesbeek funding appeal
For over 32 years, the Friends of the Liesbeek (FoL) has existed as a community-led organization with the mandate to care for the Liesbeek River – a phenomenal asset to Cape Town, but one which continues to bear the brunt of the flaws of our society and the consequences of short-sighted urban planning. The organisation…
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer: Impact of carnage on trees being felt
Katherine Christie, councillor for Ward 58, says the decision to remove a much-loved tree, infested with PSHB, on her property was difficult but necessary. PHOTO: Supplied Nettalie Viljoen – 11 April 2023 From Tuesday 4 April the City of Cape Town has removed 40 trees infested with the invasive Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) beetle…
Khoena Art sale
As we are ending off our journey in Observatory, we are giving 10% off all artworks on our social media pages. Head over to Koena Art’s instagram page and make your selection x We will be opening at the Castle of Goodhope ♥️ what we have planned will blow your mind.
What is going on with our swimming pool???
On 27 February 2023, OCA member Janet Cronje wrote the following to our ward councillor: Dear Cllr and Carolyn, We have heard nothing new about the Observatory pool in the last while. Can you share with me where the City is in terms of the procurement process for the fixing of the pool? Please would…
BLANK BOOKS – 30% OFF ALL Fiction Until 9th April 2023
We’ve been busy tidying up and reorganizing the bookshop after a great season – thank you so much for all your support. The stocktake has been intense with the amount of books we have available (over 18 000 books at last count), but quite necessary as we continue with our strategy of making all…