Looking after the river and its environs
The aim of the Friends of the Liesbeek is to rehabilitate, enhance, and conserve it and its environs and to create an awareness of the importance of the Liesbeek as a green corridor in an urban setting.
About Us
The Organization
The aim of the Friends of the Liesbeek is to create an awareness of the importance of the Liesbeek as a green corridor in an urban setting and to rehabilitate, enhance, and conserve it and its environs.
History and Ecology
The Liesbeek River (also spelt Liesbeeck) is a small river in Cape Town in South Africa. It was the first river in Cape Town named by Jan van Riebeeck. “Beek” is Dutch for stream and “lies” is a reed.
Projects
Celebrating our 2024 impact! FoL Liesbeek River Annual Report published
As 2025 gets underway, the FoL is celebrating the impact of our organisation & the Liesbeek River community with the publication of our 2024...
A year on the Lower Liesbeek – By Jane Doherty
This article is written by Jane Doherty from the Cape Bird Club (CBC). The Friends of the Liesbeek thank the CBC for allowing us to repost it here....
Petition to fully fund the Liveable Urban Waterways Programme in the City of Cape Town.
Sign our petition to fully fund the Liveable Urban Waterways (LUW) Programme in the City of Cape Town. The recent major budget cuts by the City of...
Maintenance Project
The focus of the LMP is to rehabilitate and restore the river’s ecological functioning, clean the riparian edge, manage and control alien invasive species whilst replanting with indigenous vegetation and enhancing the recreational and social value of the river and its trail.
Sponsors
Associations
