“R5bn River Club ‘redevelopment comes to an end after tribunal ruling” NEWS | Marvin Charles | 16 April 2020 It is so common that journalists get complex issues wrong! The headline in the Argus article by Marvin Charles, on 16 April stated: “R5bn River Club ‘redevelopment comes to an end after tribunal ruling” The facts…
City ready to support youth during lockdown for future job opportunities
From left, Samson Phiri, Lulaway’s local project manager, with Lance Greyling, the City’s Director for Enterprise and Investment and Alderman James Vos, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management. CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 16 APRIL 2020 STATEMENT BY THE CITY’S MAYORAL COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSET MANAGEMENT, ALDERMAN JAMES…
City assisting development industry during lockdown
CITY OF CAPE TOWN | 16 APRIL 2020 MEDIA RELEASE City assisting development industry during the lockdown The City’s Development Management Department is open for business during the national lockdown period. We are receiving and assessing building plan applications, and land use and development applications. Since the start of the lockdown to 9 April 2020, we…
Dear Obs residents – a word from our Chair
Dear Observatory residents, I am writing to alert you to the very good news about the River Club and to update you on work on COVID-19 in Observatory. Forgive me if this communication is a little long. 1. The outcome of the Heritage Appeal Tribunal considering the appeal against provisional protection of the River Club…
OBSID Communication to City of Cape Town
14 Apr 2020 The included letter ( READ HERE ) has been drafted with the unanimous support of the full Board of Directors of the Observatory Improvement District NPC. We acknowledge the enormous strain that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on the City of Cape Town’s departments and functions and the resultant pressure teams have been placed…
Strandfontein shelter costing City R32m per month but calls still mount for closure
NEWS | IOL | By Marvin Charles Apr 14, 2020 Cape Town – Calls to close the Strandfontein temporary shelter for the homeless are growing amid the cramped conditions inside, little protection from inclement weather and several serious incidents of crime since the facility was erected by the City of Cape Town. Mayor Dan Plato…
Report Back on Strandfontein Camp – Monitor C19 Report
By Tauriq Jenkins | Sunday 12 April 2020 Tauriq Jenkins (a member of an independent task team comprising medical health, legal, social services, gender experts, and civil society invited by the South African Human Rights Commission to report on the relocation camp at Strandfontein Sports Complex) This report is part of the combined independent reports (including…
South Africa: COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown Demands Safer Temporary Shelters
These were the scenes at the makeshift shelter at the Caledonian stadium in Tshwane before hundreds of vulnerable homeless people were relocated to other smaller shelters across Pretoria. An MSF team conducted health assessments at the stadium and continue to be actively involved in offering care and support to vulnerable populations, including migrants and asylum seekers as…
Homeless people and food security expected to top agenda for new WC pandemic oversight committee.
NEWS | Daily Maverick | By Suné Payne• 16 April 2020 A row over a City of Cape Town relocation camp for homeless people and food security should be high on the agenda of a new oversight committee established by the Western Cape legislature, say MPLs. The Western Cape provincial legislature has launched an oversight committee…
Covid-19 brings rubber bullets and water for the poor
The pandemic has pushed the state towards effective action, but this is simultaneoulsy taking both repressive and potentially progressive forms. In South Africa, and around the world, old certainties, many of them already a little brittle, are rapidly crumbling. The velocity of the changes taking place in the state, the economy and society are extraordinary….