Holding power to account
The lawyer who brought a case to the High Court which accused a First Nations leader opposed to the controversial R4,6-billion Amazon development at the River Club of fraud, has misrepresented his own qualifications to the public.… Read more
Besides misrepresenting his qualifications, a complaint has been laid against Cape Town attorney Timothy Dunn with the Legal Practice Council by the Willow Arts Collective (WAC).
The collective is a group of about 30 people who occupy the former National Circus School grounds at 2 Willow Street in Observatory.… Read more
The founder of Krotoa of the Goringhaicona, an organisation which favoured the development of the River Club site in Cape Town, has revealed that he urged the developers to target the leader of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council, which opposed the development.… Read more
Construction of the controversial multi-billion rand development at the River Club in Observatory continues despite legal challenges to the development.
Last month, an urgent application for an interdict was brought by the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) against the developers, Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) for resuming work despite a court order to halt construction, pending the hearing of a contempt of court application.… Read more
Anonymous pamphlets and a website are being used in an apparent attempt to hijack the Observatory Civic Association in order to smother litigation against the controversial River Club development.
Thousands of full-colour pamphlets were distributed door-to-door in Observatory on three different occasions in September.… Read more