Kalk Bay residents and Khoi decry Brass Bell expansion on beach

Keshia Africa – 3 April 2022 Kalk Bay residents and apparent representatives of indigenous people protested against the alleged illegal expansion of the popular Brass Bell restaurant More than 100 people staged a protest outside the restaurant to object against planned construction that would further restrict access to a tidal pool. Owner of the restaurant,…

Our past is being destroyed

Southern Suburbs Tatler – 21 April 2022 Thomas Johnson, Belthorne Estate Monica Sutherland’s letter (“River Club development will destroy heritage,” Southern Suburbs Tatler, April 14) is spot on. She asks the key question about development: why here? This is relevant when other, perhaps more suitable, sites are available. For the developer it’s easy: tenants do…

Why is this land so important to the San and Khoi?

Chief Autshumao explains: “At the end of the day, it’s this thing of land dispossession, which is still happening, which is still continuing. Because as a spiritual nation, us being the Aboriginal Indigenous sovereign nation people, we see this land is sacred, and there are certain places that are very sacred like all high places…

Comment: Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (Additional Comments)

The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services is currently considering amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill [B19 – 2020]. The committee invites interested parties/stakeholders to make written submissions on proposals to extend the subject of the Bill to, in addition, provide for: – commercial activities in respect of recreational cannabis; – the…