We have draft plans out for public comment that will affect the way our city’s land is used and developed, and you can have a say in the overall look and feel of Cape Town. The comment period ends Tuesday, 30 August 2022. Cape Town is a growing city and new developments, such as housing,…
OBSID public safety report
See the OBSID public safety report for May 2022 here.
River Club developers take interdict fight to SCA
The controversial R4.6-billion Liesbeeck River construction site is being packed up and plans are afoot to return the river to its original channel shape. File Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town – The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) has filed an urgent application in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for leave to…
Talking points for a propaganda campaign – Liesbeek Action Campaign
Paternalism, ethnocide, epistemicide: Talking points for a propaganda campaign 16 May 2022 The Liesbeek Action Campaign condemns a seemingly coordinated effort to spread misinformation about objections to the development at the River Club, Observatory, Cape Town. Several personalities with ties to the Democratic Alliance and the Institute for Race Relations have voiced their opinions on…
OBS Watch Update
Please join Observatory Neighbourhood Watch for our first community update and feedback session. Learn what the ObsWatch team has been doing to make our community a safer place, hear about our innovative approach to what a Neighbourhood Watch can be and do, and find how YOU can get involved. Open to members and prospective-members, so…
Another famous Goldberg emanating from Obs
From Cape Historical society #masekin : Morris Goldberg Morris was born in Observatory on the 25 October 1936. He was a famous South African soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist. Initially self-taught, as a teenager he began playing with the saxophonist Harold Jaftha in various Cape Town nightclubs. In 1960, shortly after completing…
Support over the Noise Bylaw revision
Click here see our letter of support to the Tennyson Rd Masjied on their campaign to revise the Noise Bylaw.
Update on the River Club development
Dear friends and supporters I am writing to you to update you on the River club development 1. The Court process: – As you know, Judge Patricia Goliath delivered a groundbreaking judgement on March 18th to halt the construction at the River Club site pending the High Court review of the rezoning and Environmental Authorisations…
OBSID public safety report
See the OBSID public safety report for April 2022 here.
Molo Songololo director calls on supporters to help raise funds for the organisation
Solomons said: “This is a major setback for Molo Songololo and threatens our ability to maintain essential social support and empowerment services for child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation, those at risk and their families. “Molo Songololo needs funds to cover staff salaries, operational costs, programme and activity costs. Funding from the Department of…