By Carolyn Neville GENEROUS and well meaning individuals living and visiting Observatory are funding our street people. Unfortunately, many of the street community residents have addiction, mental or social problems. Money is ultimately making it easy for them to remain on the streets. The proposed Observatory Pilot “Token Community” scheme is part of a Give […]

OBZ Kwikspar recently honoured Colin Louw, a hard working employee who has been keeping the sidewalks around the store clean for more than 10 years. Colin started as a trainee at Fountain House, a division of Cape Mental Health and psychiatric rehabilitation centre, in 1997. Fountain House, in Lower Main Road, supports people with psychiatric […]

By Joseph Baker LIVING in Observatory is a technicolour of culture and experience. They defy social and cultural divides by living in a burgeoning area of Cape Town. Obs residents are resilient in their endeavours. This was proven during my recent trip to the West Coast. Fellow resident Malilimalo (Malo) and I go road tripping […]

This serves to inform you of pending / expected road closure, weather permitting. On Monday the 6th November and Wednesday 8th November, access to and from the site at 72 Arnold Street, will be limited to residents only. An estimated 8 x concrete trucks and a concrete pump consisting of horse and trailer will be […]

Group O and Group B under great pressure in the Western Cape Do something remarkable and donate blood! Venue: Jubilee Community Church, Smart Hall, 21 Nelson Road Date: Thursday, 26 October 2017 Time: 15:00 – 18:45

Collection of refuse not done yesterday, Tuesday 17 October 2017, will be collected later today, Wednesday 18 November 2017.

CONGRATULATIONS to Keagan Riley, the winner of the ObsLife July Da Obs Code and will be receiving his prize. Keagan successfully cracked the code – There is no improvement without community. In this September edition of ObsLife, there is a hidden sentence throughout any of the text in the publication. The text will be in […]

THE Obslife collective is made up of OBSID, ONW and OCA representatives together with Aubrena Armstrong, an independent editor and contributors from the community (we are always looking for more contributors!). Income is derived from local business advertising of which two pages are paid for by OBSID (as has been the case in the past). […]

CITY of Cape Town Observatory Library Knitting Club has been going strong for many years. They don’t only have a group of engaged patrons who meet regularly at the library, in Station road, every Wednesday morning from 10am – 11:30am, but the club has numerous generous supporters who sponsor wool, knit and send items from […]

BY Richard Thomas CAN one word describe a whole evening of magical music? Recently, I was lucky enough to experience Wendy Oldfield and Robin Auld, along with Lionel Bastos in their second set, live in concert at a “new” music venue in Little Mowbray, The Thomas Easton. Wendy Oldfield and Robin Auld, former members of […]