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Court battle looms over R4 billion redevelopment of The River Club in Cape Town

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The redevelopment of The River Club in Cape Town has drawn heavy criticism from lobby groups.
The project includes mixed-use development, with residential apartments and offices, and online retailer Amazon will be the anchor tenant.
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ourt papers have now been filed by the Goringhaicona Khoi-Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and Observatory Civic Association, which have been advocating for the preservation of the land.
A court battle is looming over the controversial redevelopment of The River Club in Observatory, Cape Town.
Court papers were filed in the Western Cape High Court on Monday by lobby groups, the Goringhaicona Khoi-Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and Observatory Civic Association, which have been advocating for the preservation of the land and for the trampling of indigenous land to be halted. ....

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'Amazon investment is of huge strategic importance to the Western Cape' - WC Provincial Minister David Maynier

'Amazon investment is of huge strategic importance to the Western Cape' - WC Provincial Minister David Maynier
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Fight against CT development, including new Amazon Africa headquarters, gets ugly

The fight against the River Club development, which is to house Amazon Africa's headquarters, is at the centre of yet another dispute. ....

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Amazon Africa headquarters facing legal opposition in Cape Town

Amazon Africa headquarters facing legal opposition in Cape Town
Amazon, the retail and tech multinational founded by Jeff Bezos, is facing legal opposition from a number of environmental and heritage protection groups. Earlier in the year, the City of Cape Town gave the go-ahead for the commencement of the development. The 150,000 square metre development will create over 5,000 direct jobs and up to “19,000 indirect and induced jobs would be supported, said the City of Cape Town. According to MyBroadband, the LLPT (Liesbeek Leisure Property Trust) – who own the land on which the development is to be built – planned to begin construction in mid-June. The Observatory Civic Association labelled the development as “profit-driven” and “at the expense of environmental protection and respect for heritage.” In response to the claims, the LLPT has said the association’s claims was “potentially delaying the creation of thousands of jobs and environmental rehabilitation ....

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Amazon in Africa: A walk through history in the Two Riv...

At a time when Covid-19 has created a potentially long-term global excess of office space as more professionals work from home, the City of Cape Town seems to be considering giving private developers the green light for a controversial R4-billion mega development of residential, hotel and commercial buildings in a public park in the heart of the city.
On 11 December, I joined a small group on a walking tour with civic activists Marc Turok and Tauriq Jenkins through the Two Rivers Urban Park (TRUP). Together with the Observatory Civic Association and the Two Rivers Urban Park Association (TRUPA), Marc, Tauriq and many others have, for many years, been opposing relentless attempts by private developers, now also backed by Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Group, to redevelop the River Club site, a recreational area that is ecologically sensitive and rich in cultural heritage. ....

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