NEWS / The Citizen 18 Feb 2020 She said her department would spend R1.9bn this year to restore wetlands, estuaries and coastal dunes to better protect human settlements from storms and floods. Climate change poses a “significant risk” to South Africa’s socio-economic development, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy said in the debate on…
The River Club BAR – OCA submits supplementary objection
The OCA submitted additional comment on the BAR as detailed below. The petition initiated by OCA is included, along with anonymised comment from those who signed – more than 10 000 as of 16h45 on the 27th Feb (that’s about 1300 per day, almost one person a second!) Most people signing were from South Africa and…
The TRUP Provincial Heritage status application
On the evening of the 27th February the Goringhaicona, the OCA and the TRUPA submitted the application for Provincial Heritage Status to Heritage Western Cape with your organisations listed as supporting the application. Below are the four documents that went in for the application – the main application form plus three appendices – the map…
Voice your opposition to the River Club BAR
Dear LAC supporters, The Observatory Civic Association has formulated a petition for people to sign if they don’t have time to submit a separate objection to Amy Hill at SRK regarding the River Club Basic Assessment Report that was published recently. Please sign on and share the below link with as many people as you can,…
Draft Liquor Licence Policy for Discussion at OCA meeting February 2020
The purpose of this draft policy is to provide a framework upon which future liquor licence and gambling applications are made for the neighbourhood of Observatory. It is acknowledged that there are many existing liquor licences, as well as gambling licences in current use in Observatory. The high density of liquor licences in the area…
OCA Objection submitted to Amy Hill at SRK
Dear Obs Residents, I am sharing with you the final outcome of Heritage Western Cape IACOM (Impact Assessment Committee) comment on the Heritage Impact Assessment conducted by the River Club’s consultants. View Final Comment Here They have totally rejected the report as meeting the requirements for an HIA in terms of Section 38 of the…
Heritage Western Cape slams River Club development plan
A battle is raging over the proposed development of the land along the Liesbeek River in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The area along the Liesbeek is recognised as a sacred space, says HWC NEWS | 19 February 2020 By Steve Kretzmann Heritage Western Cape has slammed the study on which the developers based…
Salt River Heritage Society’s attempts to record area’s heritage thwarted by City
The manner in which City officials dealt with SRHS’s request to use this facility to house its operations, reflects the deep-seated impact and legacy of colonial governance structures. Picture: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA) NEWS / 17 FEBRUARY 2020, 12:30PM / SHABODIEN ROOMANAY Looking back to plan ahead. This is the motto adopted by the Salt River Heritage Society…
Rex Trueform building declared a provincial heritage site
NEWS / 21 FEBRUARY 2019, 1:04PM / KAREN PRETORIUS Cape Town – The declaration of the Rex Trueform building in Salt River as a provincial heritage site has been described as a “monument for the workers”. The building once housed a vibrant factory with more than a 1000 workers before the operation was shutdown in 2005. Greg Hoedemaker, from…
Time to give unsung Khoisan heroes their place in the sun
The Khoisan group camped at the Union Buildings for more than a year. It is recorded that by 1700 several Khoikhoi whose economic backbone had been decimated found themselves as servants on the farms on land they had previously owned or had become dependent on the colony for their livelihood, to this day. Photo: Oupa…