Dear Obs residents The Observatory Civic Association is partnering with a range of other groups to undertake a Walk of Resistance and Liberation intended to stop the destruction taking place at the River Club site and protect the Riverine valley of the Liesbeek from the construction of a massive commercial site which will house, amongst…
Muslim Judicial Council video of support
Click here to watch the Muslim Judicial Council’s video on their support of the LAC’s court case against the developers.
Kalk Bay residents and Khoi decry Brass Bell expansion on beach
Keshia Africa – 3 April 2022 Kalk Bay residents and apparent representatives of indigenous people protested against the alleged illegal expansion of the popular Brass Bell restaurant More than 100 people staged a protest outside the restaurant to object against planned construction that would further restrict access to a tidal pool. Owner of the restaurant,…
Our past is being destroyed
Southern Suburbs Tatler – 21 April 2022 Thomas Johnson, Belthorne Estate Monica Sutherland’s letter (“River Club development will destroy heritage,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, April 14) is spot on. She asks the key question about development: why here? This is relevant when other, perhaps more suitable, sites are available. For the developer it’s easy: tenants do…
Why is this land so important to the San and Khoi?
Chief Autshumao explains: “At the end of the day, it’s this thing of land dispossession, which is still happening, which is still continuing. Because as a spiritual nation, us being the Aboriginal Indigenous sovereign nation people, we see this land is sacred, and there are certain places that are very sacred like all high places…
Meaningful Consultation: Not in LLPT’s vocabulary (unless opportunistic)
14 APR 2022 — Today, Judge Patricia Goliath considers the four applications (from the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust (LLPT), the City of Cape Town, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP) and the First Nations Collective (FNC)) for leave to appeal the groundbreaking interdict she granted to stop the construction at the River…
The LLPT Appeal: “Imagined” is how they understand intangible heritage
20220406_SCT&PW_Invite Mun_WC Prov Trans Infr Bill 10 APR 2022 — The developers, Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust (LLPT), applied for leave to Appeal on 28 March against Judge Patricia Goliath’s interdict ruling that they may not proceed with construction on the River Club site until the High Court reviews the rezoning and Environmental Authorisation decisions (by…
Social Responsiveness Award
Click here to read about Leslie London receiving UCT’s Social Responsiveness Award.
The couple who use their love language of food to serve humanity
Click here to read the article about OCA-Mancomm member Kiki Bisogno.
OCA comment on proposed building changes at 2 Howe Street
See comment here See comment/objection form here