17 August 2017
First meeting, eight Civic Associations in Cape Town met to explore the possibility of a
Civic-led By-law on participation
Observatory Community Centre
9 September 2017
Co-design workshop attended by 20 participants from 10 civic structures brainstormed broad principles for a manifesto to guide the process going forward
Observatory Community Centre
14 December 2017
Manifesto for a new Civic Participation By-law in Cape Town was elaborated from
the Co-design Workshop.
22 November 2017
Seminar:
From Guatemala to Cape Town: practices of Citizen Participation
Speaker: Walter Flores
UCT Health Sciences Campus
21 April 2018
A working group is formed to write the By-law draft. The first draft is prepared and distributed to all civics for comments and suggestions.
5 September 2018
How to Steal a City: public event on municipal capture
Observatory Community Centre
November 2018
A Second draft of the By-law is prepared and distributed to all civics for comments and suggestion.
October 272018
Workshop: The City as a Democratic Common
Observatory Community Centre
16 January 2019
Workshop: State of the Civics
Observatory Community Centre
9 February 2019
Workshop: The Affordable Housing Crisis in our City and Suburbs
Observatory Community Centre
9 March 2019
Workshop: Re-imagining Civic Action
Athlone High School
14 August 2019
Seminar: The Ward Councillor Accountability
Tshisimani – Centre for Activist Education
12 September 2019
22 Civic Organisations sign a letter asking the Mayor, Dan Plato,
an appointment to discuss The Manifesto for a new Civic Participation By-law in Cape Town
and the draft of By-law on civic participation
23 September 2019
Meeting with the Mayor, Dan Plato. The City committed to set up a workshop with the Civics to examine the By-law and to invite Civic Orgnisations to future meetings with the City of Cape Town to revisit participation processes.
Cape Town Civic Centre
18 October 2019
Seminar: The right to the city. Collaboration between communities and the city for the care and regeneration of urban commons in Italy
Speaker: Daniela Ciaffi
UCT Health Sciences Campus
19 October 2019
Cape Town as a democratic common
Seminar: How local legislation can support and nurture public participation
Seminar: Community land trust, community
co-operative… innovative legal entities for managing common goods
The Castle of Good Hope