Riverlands sod turning greeted with mixed feelings

From left are Premier Alan Winde, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, Western Cape First Nations Collective chairperson, Chief Zenzile Khoisan and deputy mayor Eddie Andrews at the sod-turning ceremony at the Riverlands development in Observatory.

Wesley Ford – 28 March 2024

Members of the Western Cape First Nations Collective (WCFNC) celebrated the breaking of the ground of the First Nations Heritage and Media Centre in a sod-turning ceremony held at the Riverlands development in Observatory last Wednesday March 20.

The First Nations Heritage and Media Centre is part of a R4.6 billion mixed-used development by Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) which would consist of office blocks, shops, flats and an indigenous-culture centre. American Fortune 500 company, Amazon, will be the anchor tenant of the property once development has been completed…

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