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WC Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath says ‘meaningful consultation’ needs to take place with affected First Nation groups.
The River Club golf estate. Picture: Twitter – @RiverClubCpt Paula Luckhoff – 20 March 2022 The controversial River Club Redvelopment Project in Observatory has been temporarily halted. An interim interdict has been granted by the Western Cape division of the High Court after a challenge brought by The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona…
Court stops R4.5-billion River Club development, including new Amazon headquarters
Tania Broughton – 20 March 2022 The R4.5-billion development at the River Club site in Observatory has been stopped, with a court ruling that the developers must “consult meaningfully” with all affected people. The interim interdict, granted by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath, will remain in place, pending a review of the relevant…
Court halts major Amazon-backed Cape Town development
Bulelwa Payi – 20 March 2022 Cape Town – The Western Cape High Court has granted South Africa’s indigenous people an interim interdict against a major Amazon-backed development on a sacred site along the banks of the Black River in Observatory. The court’s decision, delivered before the commemoration of Human Rights Day, effectively puts a…
High court suspends building of new Amazon headquarters in Cape Town
Felix Njini and Loni Prinsloo – 20 March 2022 South Africa’s High Court has temporarily halted construction of Amazon’s planned new Africa headquarters in Cape Town and ordered the company to consult with indigenous people who say the site is sacred land. Building work should cease immediately and developer Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust must undertake…
Judge Goliath grants an interdict to stop the River Club development
The Observatory Civic Association and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council welcome Judge Goliath’s ruling in favour of our application to interdict the ongoing construction at the River Club site in Observatory. In her carefully crafted judgement, she noted the importance of First Nation Peoples’ deep and sacred linkage to the site through lineage,…
Stop right there! Judge Goliath grants our interdict against the River Club re-development
19 MAR 2022 — Incredible. Amazing. Day 56 after the hearing and Judge Goliath issued her findings – in no uncertain terms. She interdicted the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust (LLPT) from continuing with any construction at the River Club site until (a) there is meaningful engagement and consultation with all affected First Nations peoples (not…
We continue to campaign for human rights
18 MAR 2022 — Day 56. That’s 8 weeks since the end of the court proceedings which considered our application for an urgent interdict. We are still awaiting the Judge’s decision which we have been told is likely to be issued next week. But as many of you will be aware, Judge Goliath was the…
Your guide to Cape Town’s quirky kid – Observatory, as told by CapeTown ETC
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.