Hundreds of people are displaced because of the
ongoing violence - and it is happening on our doorstep.
I had a call from Councillor Milner this morning
asking to use the Obs bowling club to house some of the homeless, including five
kids who slept in the park last night - but we decided against it as we
cannot protect them or the property. After
liaising with Sen Sup Motaung of Yeoville and Cleveland's Dir Gwanga, we have
decided to appeal to the army barracks near Eastgate to house the souls that
have only the clothes on their back.
But lots are needed - and this is where you can
help: blankets, clothes, non-perishable foods like milk powder, sugar,
coffee, tea, soups (tinned or packets), anything for babies (bottles, nappies,
formula milk), disposable cups and plates. And the list goes
on.
Please open your cupboards and donate? Yes, you can
give money but it means someone will just have to go shopping for these items.
Whatever you have, you can drop off at my house, 171 St Georges Rd, and I will
pack up my bakkie and deliver it to Capt. Cheryl Engelbrecht who is distributing
the articles. Or phone and I'll try and pick up.
I have faith in our community being generous yet
again.
Carine Hartman
Chair: Observatory Ratepayers
Association
011 648 0027
082 515 8499
19 May 2008
If you have not done so yet: We need your signature:
We are giving Council a wake-up call for the speed bumps down St Georges AND new traffic calming measures at Sacred Heart College. CLICK HERE to sign for a better traffic flow in Observatory. Please fill ALL the details in with your address - down to Gauteng (sorry!)
A prepaid electricity box in your home will cost nearly R20 000. Ward 66, which includes Obs, Kensington and Bez Valley, is petitioning Council for AFFORDABLE meters at a subsidized rate. Make your voice heard for yourself and your neighbours by CLICKING HERE.
We are building a database for Observatory. Your contact details will be for my eyes only and will not be used for any unauthorised dealings. The PTN in the second column is the PORTION NUMBER of your stand. If you have no portion on your property, just add the value 0 there. Please fill in your details requested by CLICKING HERE
Please do our new poll on the right where you tell us how much - if at all - you are willing to pay should Obs become a CID
The Observatory Ratepayers Association is asking you for your NEW subscription of R200 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR so we can better our suburb. CLICK HERE for our banking details. We desperately need your financial support...
Phone 072-NO-CRIME (072-66-27463),
your dedicated hotline to prevent crime in Observatory, immediately
when you are in need or see anyone or anything suspicious.
Observatory now has a formal, APPROVED Precinct Plan. CLICK HERE
Updated 5 May 2008 by
Welcome
Welcome Observatory residents!
This is YOUR website about YOUR suburb - and what's happening in it.
In July this year we will be up and running for three whole years - and what a
great way of communicating.
We've had a lot of issues: we signed petitions for road safety, vetoed
developments, changed wrong street name spellings, fought about our disused
bowling clubs - but the most important is our Precinct Plan for Observatory.
We launched this website three years ago to keep you informed and ask your views
- and sometimes money - and can now pat ourselves on the back: our plan is
approved with clear guidelines of what is allowed to be built, and where.
But above all we had fun - a concert in the park, a street party, donkey derby,
Valentine's ball and threw in the odd golf day too.
In a word: we are a community. We talk, fight, laugh together. And we work at
making our suburb safe and clean.
You can read about the Observatory Ratepayers Association
under ABOUT US. We’re just a bunch of people working voluntary to better our
suburb. Nobody gets paid for anything. Even this website is free. Justin
Hartman has carried the hosting for three years now. Your webmistress loses
many hours of sleep updating (and is slipping, sorry. The weekly updates are
now monthly.)
So how can you help? Register on the web under JOIN
US. I then have your e-mail address and you’ll know when I update.
And e-mail me at
with
whatever query or question. We aim to please.
But most important: pay your yearly Observatory Ratepayers
Association “club fee” of R200 – or R1,80c per day for the WHOLE year. Just
click on join
for our banking details and do that Internet transfer now…
Because Observatory consists of over 800 households. To play a pivotal part in
the suburb, we need all households to join us. Once you are a member, you will
have access to the whole website, join the hotly debated forums and participate
in the surveys we will run to determine our residents’ needs.
We are NOT asking you for any donations (but won’t say no),
but we ARE asking you to support whatever fundraisers we plan. And you can even
advertise your business on this website @ R100 per month!
Which brings me to sponsorship: Diana Delmont has over the
last three years poured tens of thousands of rands into being the main sponsor
for this website. But she has now left Chas Everitt to join a new estate agency
called InRealty.
The banner on top is waiting for a new sponsor…
Join us today and be part of our
family!
Updated 26 March 2008 by Carine Hartman, your webmisstress
at
