Protesters during the Liesbeek Action Campaign on November 12, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. Anna Cooban – 21 March 2022 London (CNN Business)A South African judge has put the brakes on a $270 million real estate project that includes a regional headquarters for Amazon, saying that indigenous people who consider the land to be…
In Cape Town, an Indigenous Win on ‘Obscene’ Amazon Project
A protestor on Nov. 12, 2021, with a sign calling for a stop to tech giant Amazon building its African headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) Jenn Gidman – 21 March 2022 Thousands of years ago, South Africa’s earliest dwellers roamed the land. Now, as Amazon tries to build its new African…
Activists celebrate court halting River Club development, as developers set to challenge ruling
Tauriq Jenkins, high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoena Council, which has opposed the development from the start at The Liesbeek Action Campaign and World Water Day at Two Rivers Urban Park on March 21, 2022 in Manenberg, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Marvin Charles – 21 March 2022 Activists who have long fought…
AMAZON SLAMMED FOR SILENCE OVER ATTEMPTS TO BUILD ON SACRED LAND IN CT
A toddler and his Khoi-parents join celebrations at Cape Town’s Two Rivers Urban Park on 21 March 2022. The Western Cape High Court granted the group an interdict against Amazon continuing to develop its headquarters on sacred land. Picture: Saya Pierce-Jones/Eyewitness News On Friday, Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath granted an interdict against the Liesbeek…
High court suspends building of new Amazon headquarters in Cape Town
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WC Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath says ‘meaningful consultation’ needs to take place with affected First Nation groups.
The River Club golf estate. Picture: Twitter – @RiverClubCpt Paula Luckhoff – 20 March 2022 The controversial River Club Redvelopment Project in Observatory has been temporarily halted. An interim interdict has been granted by the Western Cape division of the High Court after a challenge brought by The Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona…
Court stops R4.5-billion River Club development, including new Amazon headquarters
Tania Broughton – 20 March 2022 The R4.5-billion development at the River Club site in Observatory has been stopped, with a court ruling that the developers must “consult meaningfully” with all affected people. The interim interdict, granted by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath, will remain in place, pending a review of the relevant…
Court halts major Amazon-backed Cape Town development
Bulelwa Payi – 20 March 2022 Cape Town – The Western Cape High Court has granted South Africa’s indigenous people an interim interdict against a major Amazon-backed development on a sacred site along the banks of the Black River in Observatory. The court’s decision, delivered before the commemoration of Human Rights Day, effectively puts a…
High court suspends building of new Amazon headquarters in Cape Town
Felix Njini and Loni Prinsloo – 20 March 2022 South Africa’s High Court has temporarily halted construction of Amazon’s planned new Africa headquarters in Cape Town and ordered the company to consult with indigenous people who say the site is sacred land. Building work should cease immediately and developer Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust must undertake…
Judge Goliath grants an interdict to stop the River Club development
The Observatory Civic Association and the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council welcome Judge Goliath’s ruling in favour of our application to interdict the ongoing construction at the River Club site in Observatory. In her carefully crafted judgement, she noted the importance of First Nation Peoples’ deep and sacred linkage to the site through lineage,…