Attorneys for Observatory residents withdraw from Amazon court case
The Observatory Civic Association and an indigenous group fail to raise funding
26 September 2022 - 19:38
The opposition to the R4.6bn Amazon office development in Cape Town is facing yet another setback after the attorney for the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) and the indigenous group withdrew from the main legal matter in October due to a lack of funding.
The construction of the R4.6bn office block, with online retailer Amazon as an anchor tenant, began in September 2021 and was halted by a court interdict granted to the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council and the Observatory Civic Association...
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