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Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council high commissioner Tauriq Jenkins leads a protest march against the development Photos: ER Lombard/Gallo Images & Rodger Bosch/AFP

Court victory for Amazon’s SA headquarters

udgment halting the River Club development in Cape Town was ‘induced by fraud’, full bench of the Western Cape high court finds

River Club.

River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict

Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law

Construction work has already begun to transform the River Club into a site where Amazon wants to situate its headquarters in Cape Town. (Photo by Gallo Images/ER Lombard)

Landmark battle over River Club imperils Amazon HQ plans

If the high court in Cape Town rules for an interim interdict in the River Club project to halt building on heritage land, Amazon is likely to pull out

Fight over controversial redevelopment of River Club heads to court

The R4.6-billion project, set to house Amazon’s new African headquarters, is on ‘sacred floodplain’, say applicants

O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places

An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide

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Khoikhoi versus US giant Amazon

The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court

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River Club redevelopment is a triumph for the future of First Nations’ heritage

Right of reply to How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma, published in the Mail & Guardian 24 September