The UCT Department of English Literary Studies and the Institute for Creative Arts warmly invite you to join us for a discussion between Dr Maria Geustyn (UCT) and Mia Arderne about her debut novel Mermaid Fillet (2020) on Friday 30 September at 16h00. Mia is a Cape Town-based author and writer with bylines in the…
Open letter to all civics in Cape Town
Dear Civic members I write to you to appeal for your Civic association’s support for the applicants in the River Club case following two months of sustained dirty tricks intended, as we believe, to protect the LLPT from being held to account for contempt of Judge Goliath’s historic interdict against the LLPT in March 2022….
Four former OCA chairs support the current OCA.
An Observatory resident and former OCA chair, Bovain MacNab (2007-2009) recently publicly criticised the OCA and its leadership and joined a call for a takeover of the OCA in order to stop our involvement in the court case against the River Club. We believe that this is part of a wider effort to protect the…
An anonymous website was launched last week with the sole intention of spreading lies about the OCA
Not only does this one website (bestforobs) contain 74 lies, but extracts from this website have been printed out as glossy, expensive pamphlets and posted in your letterboxes. These malicious pamphlets are defamatory, racist and patronising to indigenous peoples. The OCA has laid charges with the Equality Court and also referred these pamphlets to Woodstock…
What’s on in and around Obs?
This Sunday at 9PM, SABC2 (S2) will be broadcasting SanDance on your TV! It is directed by former Observatory resident Richard Wicksteed and produced by current Observatory resident Edwin Angless. It is a film which goes to the heart of San culture and tradition which, together with San languages, is in danger of disappearing. Discover…
Social Issues Report
Full moon September 2022 The Obs Rainbow house update. After months of discussions DAG – the Development Action Group have partnered with The occupants of the Obs Rainbow House to broker their relationships with the community in finding next steps. A meeting was had with relevant stakeholders and a new house committee was voted in…
Launch of The Fire This Time at UCT Upper Campus
WOAC launches live art collection with outdoor films on Upper Campus Four new live artworks, installed in the Sarah Baartman precinct at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Upper Campus earlier this year – and documented on film for the project, ‘The Fire This Time‘ – will be shared with a broader public at an…
What’s on at Koena Art Institute!
Dear Koena Art Institute Family. We are happy to share an exciting line up of events and exhibitions at the institute. These events are an explication that expresses our theme “The evolution of indigenous art”, With each one being specifically curated by the Koena Art Institute team, independent young entrepreneurs and cultural and creative contributors….
Leaders opposed to the River Club development face online smear campaign
Bulelwa Payi – 11 September 2022 Traditional and community leaders who have fought against the controversial River Club development have gone after those responsible for a website alleged to be behind a “vicious smear campaign”. The leaders of the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional Council (GKKTIC) said the anonymous site…
Crime reporting
There is a significant gap between the incidents reported to OBSID and the number of reports to SAPS. This is a serious problem because: a) budget and resources are allocated on cases reported. You may have noticed a drop in SAPS patrols – the only way to fix this is with the crimes that do…