Wesley Ford – 20 Jan 2022 The Salt River Heritage Society plans to build a community hub on a derelict plot it holds the lease on. The society secured the lease from the land’s trustees three months ago. “This plot has been derelict for over two decades, and we had a lengthy interaction with the…
OBSID Public Safety Report
The December 2021 report is attached below. We had no absenteeism on the contract during the festive season and the team worked really hard to keep Obs safe. We meet regularly with the ONW Chair to share information and ideas and also share our monthly public safety report with both the Chair and the ONW…
Resilient
Request from ONW
Hello all We had a fiesty meeting on 27 Oct 2021 with SAPS, WCLA and some residents of Milton Road re Lobey Fiesta and La Verte. The big take away was that residents have to become more active in reporting issues so that a body of evidence can be built up against these establishments. I…
OCA comments on Reduced Offstreet Parking Bylaw
See document here
The Headlines | Tauriq Jenkins
Listen to Tauriq Jenkins’ interview on Metro FM about the River Club Development here.
Amazon’s colonial HQ in Cape Town must be stopped
Michael Kwet & Tshiamo Malatji – 26 Jan 2022 Last week, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) sought an interdict against the construction of new facilities in Observatory, Cape Town. The centrepiece of development is the Amazon headquarters, without which the project will not go forward. The…
Notes for Oral Argument
See our advocate Alan Dodson’s Notes for Oral Argument here
Mancomm meeting
Our next Mancomm is on Tuesday 1 February 2022 Date: Tuesday 1 February 2022 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home
PROPOSED LEASE OF CITY LAND, PORTION OF ERF 26168 CAPE TOWN, STATION ROAD, OBSERVATORY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
The City outlined a proposed lease of the land under Station Road bridge, above the railway line, and said that the period for commenting was between 30 Nov 2021 and 3 Jan 2022. This had been preceded by a bulk advert published on 20 May 2021. The OCA raised a number of objections to the…