Riverclub BAR

a Word from our Chair

Finally, the City of Cape Town politicians have done what we expected all along. The outcome of our Appeal against rezoning of the River Club land has ended with the City ignoring widespread public opposition, overlooking the facts of the case and justifying the River Club development as a wonderful benefit to the people of…

a Word from our Chair

Dear Obs residents I am writing to give you a quick update on matters to do with the River Club and circulate an invitation to sign another petition: The application for heritage grading of the Two Rivers Urban Park by HWC, submitted in early 2020 by a coalition of over 60 First Nation groups, Civic…

a Word from our chair – Response to the ruling on the river club development

Dear OCA members As we pointed out in our last newsletter, the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Economic Development (DEADP) issued an Environmental Authorisation under the National Environmental Management Act for the proposed re-development of the River Club. It is an understatement to say we do not believe the Environmental Authorisation is justified. The…

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…