The frontman of OCA (Observatory Civic Association) and self-annointed spokesman for the Cape First Nations people.
This is the name, the voice and the face behind the move to shut down the River Club development.
OBSERVATORY
Meet Tauriq Jenkins
The frontman of OCA (Observatory Civic Association) and self-annointed spokesman for the Cape First Nations people.
This is the name, the voice and the face behind the move to shut down the River Club development.
Take a closer look. Perhaps you recognise the face? The heroic pose?
Maybe you’ve even heard him orate?
Oh yes, he is quite the orator. Classically trained, in fact.
Tauriq holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University in New York. He has starred in a handful of feature films and series, and he is a deservedly acclaimed Shakesperean director and actor.
Which all makes sense, really: You’d have to be a damn fine actor to sell the lines he’s been articulating of late.
For example, he claims to represent the interests of the First Nations Clans.
And yet the Chiefs, Elders and Leaders of those same Clans don’t recognise him as one of their own. In fact, he is from Zimbabwe. According to Regent Edmen Hansen, of the Goringhaicona, “there is no possible basis for Tauriq Jenkins to act in any position akin to a “Supreme High Commissioner” as he is not a chief, to begin with, and incapable of deployment in this manner.”
Other Chiefs and leaders echo the respected Regent’s strong sentiment.
Another line he is fond of is the one about not being consulted about the River Club development. In the words of Chief Shiraatz Mohammed “the developers have consulted broadly and sensitively with our Clans. They have a deep respect for our culture. 65% of this barren land and the polluted rivers will be rehabilitated at their cost as green space for everyone to share.”
That’s a hard act to follow, Tauriq.
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. PROTECT YOUR FUTURE.
JOIN OCA TO HAVE YOUR SAY.