River Club
latest news & developments
Response to ‘Pitfalls of mallification in our cities’
The author says the opinion piece was the latest in a years-long campaign of misinformation about the River Club
Pitfalls of the ‘mallification’ of our cities
It seem that massive corporations and property developers control Cape Town and other centres, with big land parcels going their way for low prices
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
Attacks against River Club redevelopment: Same lies, different day
It is unfortunate that despite the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust having repeatedly debunked the accusations made by Jens Horber, he continues trying to drive this…
The River Club: Flawed processes and a dirty fight over development and heritage
This contentious development exposes our current approach to development, which is development at all costs, backed by politics, power and money
River Club property developers continue construction despite interim interdict
Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law
Western Cape government appeals Amazon HQ judgment halting construction
Head of local government, environmental affairs and development planning Anton Bredell says judgment contains ‘number of errors’
Right of reply: Read the petition, James Tannenberg, Khoi descendants don’t want their sacred heritage site ‘developed’
The Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust is again abusing the First Nations Collective; you don’t have the Khoi’s consent to pour concrete on a sacred floodplain
Right of reply: A rejoinder to the Zenprop chief executive about Amazon’s HQ
Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article
Coastal exclusive estates have social, economic and environmental impacts
They can have positive and negative effects, such as restricting small-scale fishers access to the ocean or restoring endemic fauna
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
Amazon wants to pave ‘paradise to put up a parking lot’
Opponents hope that billionaire philanthropist Mackenzie Scott will ‘talk some sense’ into her former husband and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos
Khoikhoi versus US giant Amazon
The controversial River Club development gets the go-ahead, but opponents say they are heading for court
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