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Sep 28, 20211 min read

Leslie London: Respect Constitution, Mayor

Dan Plato ignored sound planning principles and expert opinion Cape Town’s Mayor is on a propaganda offensive. Mayor Dan Plato wants to...

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Sep 24, 20214 min read

Heritage Day for Indigenous People.

Heritage is an important component of who we are as people indigenous to South Africa. Due to our history of slavery, mass genocide,...

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Sep 17, 20211 min read

Amazon's Cape Town base: The battle to save South African culture

Campaigners in the South African city of Cape Town are trying to halt the building of the African headquarters for Amazon. It's a battle...

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Aug 12, 20211 min read

Cape Town’s heritage for sale: Brownwashing The River Club

A Daily Maverick Article by Trevor Sacks - Read full article here Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust claims “the majority of the Cape’s...

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Aug 9, 20211 min read

Indigenous land dispute dogs Amazon's Africa expansion

by Kim Harrisberg | @KimHarrisberg | Thomson DURBAN, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Over 500 years ago, South Africa’s indigenous...

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Aug 9, 20211 min read

What the LLPT and Amazon think of a National Heritage Site: ripe for 'Corporate Plunder'

Notwithstanding the fact that Heritage Western Cape recently identified the Two Rivers Urban Park as a likely National Heritage Resource,...

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Edwin Angless

Aug 2, 20211 min read

We are going to Court

Press Release – Monday 2 August 2021: Goringhaicona Khoi-Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and Observatory Civic Association serve...

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Jul 29, 20211 min read

Heritage Status Recognised

Heritage Western Cape (HWC) says the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP) area should be assessed for Grade I heritage status. Grade I heritage...

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Jul 2, 20211 min read

Submission to the Local Spatial Development Framework

The OBSID Board of Directors is submitting these comments to the Table Bay Local Spatial Development Framework (LSDF) the perspective...

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Jul 1, 20211 min read

Two Leaders of the Liesbeek Action Campaign Honoured by the City of Cape Town

In a moment of both irony and honest recognition, two of the leaders of the LAC were honoured by the City of Cape Town as community...

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Edwin Angless

Jun 23, 20211 min read

Newsletter 23 June 2021

Our appeal was lodged with the Water Tribunal under section 148(1) of the National Water Act, which provides interested and affected...

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Jun 16, 20211 min read

The People have spoken –over 50 000 of them!

The People have spoken – over 50 000 of them! More than 100 of people gathered (pre latest lockdown) in a COVID-19 safe presentation of...

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