Omar Lucien Koffi La construction du nouveau siège social africain d’Amazon en Afrique du Sud a été arrêté. Des représentants de deux groupes ethniques ont porté plainte. Selon les Khoi et les San, le QG empiète sur un territoire sacré. Les représentants des descendants des premiers habitants d’Afrique du Sud, les Khoi et les San,…
Liesbeek development: “This is a case of global importance”
The Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) sought an interdict against the proposed Liesbeek development. This is what is currently happening with the case. From January 19-21, the campaign’s interdict was heard in the Cape Town high court. The interdict seeks to stop the development of 150 000…
Amazon may quit African HQ deal if blocked, Cape Town court hears
AFP – 20 Jan 2022 Johannesburg – Online retail giant Amazon could pull out of a deal to create its Africa headquarters in Cape Town, if a legal challenge by indigenous activists is allowed to proceed, a Cape Town court heard Thursday. Construction is already under way for Amazon’s R4 billion ($262 million, 231-million-euro) African…
Heritage land dispute over Amazon’s new Africa HQ goes to court
Tim Cocks – 19 Jan 2022 Groups representing the descendants of SA’s earliest inhabitants, the Khoi and San, went to court on Wednesday to try to halt construction of Amazon’s new 70,000-square metre Africa headquarters on land they regard as sacred. The culturally-intertwined San and Khoi were the first inhabitants of SA. The former lived…
KHOISAN LEADERS HEAD TO COURT TO CHALLENGE AMAZON HQ DEVELOPMENT IN CT
Saya Pierce-Jones – 19 Jan 2022 CAPE TOWN – Khoisan leaders in Cape Town are on Wednesday legally challenging the development of tech giant Amazon’s new headquarters. The Western Cape High Court will hear argument against the company’s plans to build on historic and culturally significant land. Seven years ago the Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust…
Why South Africa should cancel Amazon’s new HQ
Michael Kwet – 18 Jan 2022 On January 19, Amazon faces a major court showdown over the construction of its new headquarters in Cape Town, South Africa. The Indigenous Khoi and San peoples, environmentalists and other activists are asking the South African High Court to interdict the project, which sits on ancestral Indigenous land and…
Liesbeek Action Campaign demonstration ahead of court hearing over River Club development
Cape Town – The Liesbeek Action Campaign (LAC) is this week hosting a string of demonstrations including an interfaith service and a picket outside the River Club, ahead of their Western Cape High Court hearing on Wednesday. The campaign has made several attempts to stop the R4.6 billion River Club development project by the Liesbeek…
Calling for volunteers – placarding on Monday 17 and Tues 18 along the Liesbeek
Dear LAC supporters, As you know, we will be in court next Wed 19th to seek an interdict to stop the construction at the River Club site. We are going to hold placard demonstrations on Monday 17th and Tues 18th along Liesbeek Parkway. The times for the demonstrations are 7.30am to 8.30am in the morning…
The following links provide insights and context about the battles against Amazon’s destructive development
The banks of the Liesbeek River: Amazon vs. Indigenous South African Communities – minidocumentary by Nash Makado Amazon’s Colonial Headquarters in South Africa with Tariq Jenkins, Leslie London & Nadine Dirks – Tech Empire, Michael Kwet, Yale University Indigenous South Africans Protest Planned Amazon Headquarters in Cape Town – by Richard Smallteacher, CorpWatch ‘Amazon this…
Court hearing – Stop the destruction of this sacred floodplain
PRIVATE DEVELOPER, CITY OF CAPE TOWN MUST ANSWER FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF A SACRED FLOODPLAIN On the 19th to 21st January 2022, our interdict will be heard in the Cape Town High Court, the proceedings will be live-streamed. It seeks to stop the development of 150 000 square metres of concrete at the River Club…