Peninsula Paddle 2015: Sunday 7th June

Peninsula Paddle 2015: Sunday 7th June

Each year the Friends of the Liesbeek helps to organise the Peninsula Paddle. This event has had an important impact on rivers, vleis and canals of Cape Town. The paddle brings attention to the state of the waterways by raising public attention through the media and...
Mowbray wetland needs attention

Mowbray wetland needs attention

When the wetland on the western bank of the Liesbeek River in Mowbray, opposite Rhodes Office Park, was built in 1997, the intention was to provide an aesthetically pleasing public environment and perhaps a secondary thought was to intercept and treat urban stormwater...

What the Friends of the Liesbeek have learnt over 20 years

This slide presentation was given by Kevin Winter at a public meeting to launch the Black and Vygekraal River Friends / Action group.  What the Friends of Liesbeek have learnt over 20 years (file about 6.5Mbs!)  It summarises some important lessons that shape...