CPF SGM

Hi Obsies, The CPF is a really important structure within Observatory, we are the bridge between our residents and SAPS. We liase with them about Crime and also support them if possible. We do community based projects in conjunction with SAPS too. We’re SubSec1 which is connected to the Woodstock SAPS precinct, along with Salt…

Cape Town’s Cissie Gool House residents reveal what sets their unlawful occupation apart from building hijackings

Tamsin Metelerkamp and Suné Payne – 8 October 2023 The recent deadly fire in a hijacked building in Johannesburg drew attention to the proliferation of unlawfully occupied sites in South Africa’s inner cities — a symptom of what activists have called a ‘housing crisis’. Not all these occupations operate in the same way, however. At…

Mdazananda: 🚨 HELD UP AT GUNPOINT AND BEATEN UP 🚨

Yesterday afternoon four of our staff were brutally attacked while trying to do good in the community 💔 We recently launched “The Fencing Project” – an initiative to build fences around community members’ yards. The aim is to create more safe homes for people who wish to adopt dogs 🏡 While building the first fence…