Khoi and San win round 2 in River Club battle
Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath had in March granted the interdict, saying that the fact that the development has economic benefits can never override the fundamental rights of the First Nations People – which was under threat if the development was allowed to proceed. This was after the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the Goringhaicona…
Amazon’s African HQ construction interdicted
Jacopo Dettoni – March 24 2022 A judge in South Africa halted the construction of Amazon’s planned African headquarters in Cape Town, pending the conclusion of meaningful engagement and consultation with all affected First Nation Peoples. “The fact that the development has substantial economic, infrastructural and public benefits can never override the fundamental rights of…
LETTER: Editorial over Amazon development misleads
Business Day – 27 MARCH 2022 Business Day published a misleading editorial in February implying that there was no truth to the claim by applicants seeking an interdict to stop the construction of a huge mixed-use development at the River Club in Observatory, Cape Town (“The underdogs are wrong this time”, February 4). The development…
Local organizations welcome court interdict on Amazon HQ construction in South Africa
Xinhua – 21 March 2022 CAPE TOWN, March 20 (Xinhua) — Organizations of local residents and indigenous Khoisan on Sunday welcomed a court interdict on the ongoing construction of a project that will house American retail giant Amazon’s African headquarters in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. Observatory Civic Association that represents Observatory…
Amazon’s Africa Headquarters Construction Halted To Protect Indigenous Land In South Africa
Brunno Braga – 21 Mar 2022 After one year of a judicial battle between indigenous people of South Africa and the US-based technology company Amazon regarding the construction of the company’s facility in Cape Town, the country’s court announced that the building of Amazon’s Africa Headquarters is halted in South Africa. This ruling was a…
Amazon on hold! R4.5 billion Cape Town development stopped by courts
Weekend News Producer – 20 March 2022 The River Club development has been in the works for years since 2016 in Cape Town. The development is set to include the new Amazon headquarters and is set to cost R4.5 billion. It’s also been packed full of controversy, legal challenges and protest. This week, one of…
Tribal protests put a stop to Amazon’s African base
The proposed development in Cape Town has attracted anger as it lies at the confluence of two rivers considered sacred BRENTON GEACH/GETTY IMAGES Jessica Newman – 21 March 2022 Amazon has been dealt a blow after a court halted construction of the ecommerce company’s new African headquarters. Plans for the 70,000 sq m (750,000 sq…
Judge halts development at the River Club in Cape Town
The River Club development in Cape Town. File photo. Image: Esa Alexander TIMESLIVE – 20 March 2022 The Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust has been interdicted from carrying out further construction of a development at the River Club in Cape Town pending meaningful engagement with all affected people. Construction is already under way at the R4.5bn…
Court halts R4.5 billion Amazon development on sacred Khoi and San land
Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty – 21 March 2022 Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath gave an interim interdict halting the R4.5 billion development in Observatory. Judge Goliath said the right to culture and heritage of indigenous groups, such as the Khoi and San people, was under threat. The building was to take place on a…
Court interdict halts construction of Amazon HQ in Cape Town
Staff writer, ITWeb – 21 March 2022 A court interdict filed by the organisers of the Liesbeek Action Campaign has halted the construction of the planned Amazon headquarters site in Cape Town. In January, the members of the Liesbeek Action Campaign, which includes indigenous groups and environmentalists, filed for an urgent court interdict against the…