Ashleigh Nefdt – 5 March 2022 When you’ve explored Camps Bay to the depths of the ocean and galavanted through town’s treasures for the umpteenth time, you might be ready to explore somewhere a little different. Somewhere that celebrates difference and draws it out of you. Observatory or ‘Obs’ as it is affectionately known is…
Exhibition commemorating the life of Obs resident Denis Goldberg
Click here to see the digital version of the exhibition at the Denis Goldberg House of Hope in Hout Bay. Denis was born in Observatory in 1933 and died in 2020 at the age 87.
Join us on Human Rights Day!
Observatory, what are you doing this coming Monday? Monday the 21st is South African Human Rights Day. What better way to spend it than to defy this colonial act of destruction of indigenous land, honour the resistance against colonial brutality, and pray for peace and unity. Join us for a walk and cleansing ceremony with…
News from OBSID
SEE FEB 2022 PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT HERE
Community alert – increasing number of crime incidents in lower Observatory
OBSID is appealing to the community to be more careful and vigilant about their safety. Please work with us to keep yourselves and your property safe. In the past week, more than 50% (8/15) of crime incidents reported to OBSID took place in lower Obs. In the same period, the OBSID public safety team attended…
Will SAHRA protect this river from further butchery? No time to delay!
8 MAR 2022 — Day 46 following our interdict. We still await the Judge’s decision. The infill of the original River Course continues. Concrete mixers continue to barrel in and barrel out of the River Club entrance. We heard today that the Judge asked the legal representative for the amicus curiae in the case (Legal…
High Court Judgement – 18 March 2022
OBSERVATORY JUDGMENT PART 1 OBSERVATORY JUDGMENT PART 2
The Big Obs Virtual Clean Up
GET REAL – an in person virtual activity?! The first Big (not) Virtual Clean Up in Obs! This SATURDAY 5/03/21 9:30AM Meeting point – GROUND ZERO cafe, first 20 participants get a discount of R15 a coffee or a coffee & muffin special R30 Use: ObsWatch as your discount password. While the virtual clean up…
Social issues report
February 2022 Half moon report It has been an exciting start to the new year with passionate people who love our community coming together to make Obs a better place for all. The Obs Journey Continues A result of a Town Hall meeting called last year to talk about safety and security in Obs –…
Rivers as People – The Liesbeek River is Being Murdered While Judge Goliath Decides
27 FEB 2022 — Day 37 after the end of the urgent interdict hearing. We are still awaiting the Judge’s decision. The developers have now fenced off the remnant of the original course of the Liesbeek River and have started proceeding to infill it. The image above is devastation and devastating… READ FULL ARTICLE HERE