Dear OCA members I took a look at the Ward Committee projects on the City website for the wards in our Sub-Council I have pasted them below Our Ward 57 has only three projects going, one of which is upgrade to a subway at Alma Rd, one is a closed-circuit camera operation and one is…
Art of the day by Marlene Liebenberg
Art of the day The voice by Marlene Liebenberg Resincomposite 31cmx18x13cm R5000 excluding courier “It is the way I feel. I just want to scream at all that is happening in the world and the past. All those things you keep inside though all the years” – Marlene Liebenberg Available exclusively through the Koena Art…
Watch our court case on YouTube
We have now fully uploaded all three days of the Court proceedings which finished on January the 21st. You can watch the days proceedings here: Day 1 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQa3B8DX5nb7wOG79ifB7d05 Day 2 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQa2KvSmqh67kC4BC76OiEEg Day 3 – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7Y5Wq-JHQbk3HxGfX-__nBWGbDcP8K- Yesterday was exactly 5 weeks since the hearings ended, but unfortunately we have been unable to get any…
You can still get a tax rebate if you donate to our legal fund BEFORE 1 March!
PLEASE NOTE: You can still get a tax rebate if you donate to our legal fund by clicking here. https://www.liesbeek.org/donate and choosing one of the 3 different ways of paying. To qualify for a rebate you must make your donation before the end of the day on Monday 28th February. When making your donation please…
Right of reply: Read the petition, James Tannenberg, Khoi descendants don’t want their sacred heritage site ‘developed’
Tauriq Jenkins & Leslie London – 21 Feb 2022 Dear James Tannenberg, Since you have once again made use of the First Nations Collective’s (FNC) support to justify the destruction of a sacred heritage resource for the Khoi, we thought we would share some of the comments made on our petition site. That’s because the…
Poll from the OCA
Dear Neighbours, The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) is your local Civic Association focused on supporting residents in Observatory with issues of culture, heritage, art, sport, architecture and of course the social issues facing us here in Observatory. We seek to represent the needs of residents, run activities that support our community and lift debates and…
Mancomm meeting
Mancomm meeting Date: Tue 22 February 2022 Time: 18h00 Venue: via Zoom at home
Mary Kihn Market
Tell us how we can do better and what needs fixing
We want you to be our eyes and ears on the ground for any matter that affects Capetonians, and contact us when needed. From reporting potholes, non-functioning sets of traffic lights, burst water pipes, and stolen wheelie bins, to noise nuisances, land invasions or vandalism, let us know and we will attend to it. For…
New free waste service for Obs residents
WAC (Willow Arts Collective) is situated in Willow Road, next to the Observatory swimming pool, where the circus tent usd to be.