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Obs resident takes over from former Obs resident
EDP CEO Nishendra Moodley facilitates discussions around the future of the Philippi Horticultural Area in the first workshop in the ‘Re-Imagining the PHA’ series. Dear Colleagues in Food Systems Change, We have exciting news to share with you: Nishendra Moodley has officially started as the EDP’s new CEO, succeeding the outgoing founding CEO, Andrew Boraine,…
Flooding in Observatory
In view of the huge unprecedented flooding that occurred in Lower Obs on Monday afternoon, the OCA wrote the following letter to our Ward Councillor Yusuf Mohamed and cc’d it to the Mayor as well as Alderman Matthew Kempthorne and Councillor Alex Landsdowne (Chair of the Mayor’s advisory committee for water quality in wetlands and…
Mancomm meeting
Reminder that our next Mancomm meeting will be held on Tuesday 28 February 2023. Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings which are always held on the last Tuesday of every month. Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 28th February 2023 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home To attend our Mancomm meetings, please pop us…
A Public Subsidy of a Private Development and Wastewater management is the casualty PART III
A development levy of more than R 73 million was calculated for the development of which approximately R 10,5 million was said in the Appeal Report to be reserved for improvements to the water and sewerage reticulation system. However, the Chief Planner’s motivation to the Municipal Planning Tribunal in September 2020 noted that “The developer…
The ‘heritage’ of the Amazon towers development on the Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Lalou Meltzer – 15 February 2023 In recent years, memorials in Britain, the US and Africa dating from the colonial era and monuments dedicated to the perpetrators of imperial injustices have been challenged, thrown down or removed – and in this context the student youth of South Africa of the Rhodes Must Fall movement have…
Observatory War Memorial part of much-needed upgrades slated for Village Green precinct
Kaylynne Bantom – 14 February 2023 Plans to have the Observatory War Memorial restored are in the pipeline for the next financial year. The upgrade forms part of a project which includes the Village Green and the Metro Police Academy among others. The monument was erected during the early 1920s in memory of the men…
Mancomm meeting
Reminder that our next Mancomm meeting will be held on Tuesday 31st January 2023. Everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings which are always held on the last Tuesday of every month. Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 31st January 2023 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home To attend our Mancomm meetings, please pop us…
Valkenberg celebrates 25 years of Partnership in Recovery
As the Friends of Valkenberg celebrates 25 years of partnership in recovery, we have the pleasure of sharing stories from the journey. See Valkenberg’s annual report here.