A message from WESSA Dear all Opportunity to make comment on Land Use Planning Bill The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEAD&P) have advertised the new Land Use Planning Bill for public comment until Thursday 5 April. Incorporated are changes to the Provincial Spatial...
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Re-planting along the Liesbeek River bank in Observatory
Re-planting of the cleared section along the Liesbeek River in Observatory will commence on the 2nd of April, in accordance with the arrangement between Friends of the Liesbeek and Cape Nature's Working for Wetlands program. A number of local indigenous plant species will be planted along this...
Dead Vegetation Along Liesbeek Parkway
It came to the attention of the Friends of the Liesbeek that there was a growing concern from residents in Observatory of the increased growth of Indian shot (Canna indica) along the river bank next to the Liesbeek Parkway, opposite Valkenberg Hospital ground. This plant had completely invaded the...
News from the City: Project to clean up city rivers gets afloat
The Cape Times ran the following article on October 20 2011 at 11:35am Project to clean up city rivers gets afloat Babalo Ndenze Metro Writer THE city council has employed 400 people to clean 14 of its most polluted rivers as part of a programme named after the late ANC stalwart Kader Asmal....
Birding Big Day Saturday 26 November 2011
Birding Big Day, BirdLife South Africa's major annual fund raising event, takes place on Saturday 26 November this year. In addition to the traditional categories (open, handicap and community) and the SABAP2 category for the avid committed birders/atlasers, there is also the Garden Bird category....
Upcoming Events
International Coastal Cleanup is on Saturday 17th September. FOL have participated for several years as a result of an article in the newspaper stating that the litter on the beaches of Robben Island came from the Liesbeek. We have usually done a cleanup on Lagoon Beach down towards the mouth of...
Friends of the Black and Vygekraal Rivers
The Friends of the Black and Vygekraal Rivers are having a public meeting on Tuesday 13 September 2011, at the Rondebosch Golf Club House, Golf Course Road, Sybrand Park, at 19h00. For more information contact Jonathan Hobday 0828965529 or Sonja Pithey 0844932654.
Stunning scene along the Liesbeek
Photograph taken in the Boschenheuwel Arboretum (July 2011). Photo: Andrew Winter
City of Cape Town Spatial Development Plan and Environmental Management Framework
In 2008 the City of Cape Town initiated a process to prepare a Spatial Development Framework for Cape Town as well as 8 integrated Spatial Development Plans / Environmental Management Frameworks (District Plans) - one for each of the planning districts of the city. The Friends of the Liesbeek...
Peninsula Paddle Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC3bYdZqZuk&feature=player_embedded
More on SUDS
Professor Neil Armitage’s talk on SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) raised so many important points that I want to expand on the topic. In the UK much research has been done, and one very interesting report available on the Internet is the CIRIA report on social impacts of SUDS...
Maintenance of Bird Hides
The Liesbeek maintenance Team and personal from Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area recently completed cutting a path in the reeds in front of the bird hide situated in the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and varnishing of the hide. An additional three perches (dead trees) were...