top of page

First Nations & the River Convergence

The vast majority of local First Nations opposed this development.  It is vital to recognize that in indigenous cultures, the living heritage and spiritual significance lies in preserving a site in as natural a state as possible.

​

For more information on exploitation of the diversity of the First Nations community and the founding of the "First Nations Collective" following the instructions to the developers in 2019, please read the excellent independent article by by Jens Horber published on 4 August 2021 in the Daily Maverick Before the flood: What's really going on at the River Club and why it's in the wrong place.

Affidavits from First Nations entities in opposition to the development

Other Heritage Affidavits

​

First Nation Organisations opposing the development
This includes signing documentation of objection

!Aman Traditional Authority (Nama)

!Aman Traditional Council

!khoraIIgauIIaes Council

!KhoraIIgauIIaes Indigenous Authority

!Xun Bushmen, Northern Cape

IKhowese Nama Traditional Council

|Xam San - the National House of the |Xam Bushman Nation

ǂKhomani-San - Northern Cape, Botswana, Namibia

||Xegwi |Xam

|Xau Sakwa (Grass Bushmen) Gauteng

A|XARRA Restorative Justice Forum

Cochoqua Traditional Council

The House of Dawid and Klaas Stuurman

Democratic Federation of Indigenous People of South Africa

First Indigenous Nation of Southern Africa

Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Traditional and Indigenous Council 

Guriqua, West Coast

Hawequa-|Xam, Cape Winelands

Kai Korana Transfrontier

Kalahari |Xam

Karoo-|Xam

Khoi and San Kingdom Council of Southern Africa 

Khoi and San Legal Resources Centre

Khoi Korana Trans Frontier Khoebaha

Khowese Nama Traditional Council

Sanquas, Swartland

Southern African Khoi and San Kingdom Council Khoi and San Legal Resources Centre

Ubiqua San

Western Cape Khoi and San Kingdom Council

Western Cape Legislative Khoisan Council

under development_edited.png

This site does not presuppose to speak on behalf of the First Nations' community.

A Khoi website is underdevelopment and will be linked shortly. The below is only a brief summary

 

From the 1510 Battle of Gorinhaiqua where the Gorinhaiqua Khoi fought and killed Portuguese Viceroy Francisco De Almeida to the First Khoi-Dutch War in 1659-1660 this plain has been the site of the first acts of anticolonial resistance in no small part at the river convergence - a crossing point for indigenous herders and their cattle. A First Nations Report commissioned by the provincial department of transport and public works in 2019 reveals the historic and continued significance of the Liesbeek and Black River confluence to the First Nation interviewees. For more information on relevant legal documents and press please see below

First Nation History

Liesbeek Videos
Liesbeek Action Campaign - Justice Delayed is Justice Denied
02:19

Liesbeek Action Campaign - Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Outrcy over development on sacred ground
01:54

Outrcy over development on sacred ground

A multi-billion rand development on a 100-year floodplain in Cape Town will go ahead. The municipal planning tribunal's approval of the River Club project has caused a lot of anger. The property is in a protected area of Observatory, and has great significance for the Khoi and San people. Courtesy #DStv403
#maketheliesbeekmatter: Assertion of our African Identity
17:50

#maketheliesbeekmatter: Assertion of our African Identity

Tauriq Jenkins delivers the sermon at Claremont mosque 9 July 2021
Stop the River Club Development
07:23

Stop the River Club Development

Why the River Club development makes no sense - OCA livestream from the Claremont Main Rd mosque
22:08

Why the River Club development makes no sense - OCA livestream from the Claremont Main Rd mosque

Please help us combat this appalling development by signing our petition here: https://www.change.org/p/department-of-environment-affairs-and-development-planning-voice-your-opposition-to-the-river-club-redevelopment-preserve-environment-and-heritage/u/29164217
Adv Rod Solomons: Exclusive OCA interview
02:37

Adv Rod Solomons: Exclusive OCA interview

The Chair of Iziko Museums gives strong support to the #MaketheLiesbeekMatter campaign to stop the proposed River Club development Please help us combat this appalling development by signing our petition here https://www.change.org/p/department-of-environment-affairs-and-development-planning-voice-your-opposition-to-the-river-club-redevelopment-preserve-environment-and-heritage/u/29164217
Walk to Freedom
05:46

Walk to Freedom

Some of the highlights of the Freedom Day Walk along the banks of the Liesbeek River in support of our campaign to #MaketheLiesbeekMatter in the face of profit seeking large developers - courtesy of Ndifuna Ukwazi Please help us combat this appalling development by signing our petition here: https://www.change.org/p/department-of-environment-affairs-and-development-planning-voice-your-opposition-to-the-river-club-redevelopment-preserve-environment-and-heritage/u/29164217
Rev Mash speaks from the pulpit of St George's Cathedral against the proposed River Club development
04:20

Rev Mash speaks from the pulpit of St George's Cathedral against the proposed River Club development

Please help us combat this appalling development by signing our petition here: https://www.change.org/p/department-of-environment-affairs-and-development-planning-voice-your-opposition-to-the-river-club-redevelopment-preserve-environment-and-heritage/u/29164217
#maketheliesbeekmatter Rev Boesak supports 50000 signatories to stop the River Club development
03:18

#maketheliesbeekmatter Rev Boesak supports 50000 signatories to stop the River Club development

#June16th #YouthDay Rev Allan Boesak explaining the importance of the OCA's campaign to stop the River Club development. Show your support by signing our petition here: https://tinyurl.com/e9mj8dff

A full list of organisations objecting see here

To sign our petition click here (note donations from this site do not come to us)

bottom of page