The safety of visitors to Table Mountain was the main topic of discussion recently when the CEO of SANParks, Hapiloe Sello, flew down to Cape Town to meet with different stakeholders who often collaborate with SANParks on security matters. Some groupings have been vocal in their criticism of SANParks and Table Mountain National Park Management about what they deem a gap in securing the mountain. SANParks says its CEO had individual meetings
Sea Point Police have put up a R50,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of a man who has been linked to a murder committed in Green Point in 2018. On Monday, 22 October 2018, the body of a 49-year-old man was discovered inside a residence at Hillside Heights in Wessels Road, Green Point. The victim sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene by the medical personnel.
A proposed plan to remove five baboon troops from the Cape Peninsula has drawn sharp criticism from activists, following its announcement by the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT). The team, made up of representatives from SANParks, CapeNature, and the City of Cape Town, revealed the plan during a recent briefing with the Cape Peninsula Baboon Advisory Group (CPBAG). In it is the proposed removal of five splinter troops
The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security Portfolio Committee (PC) has endorsed a motion for the devolution of policing powers to the municipality. Policing is central to this motion. At the latest PC meeting on Wednesday, councillors resolved to table the resolution at the next full sitting of Council. The resolution will call on the national government to: Devolve investigative powers to the City for crime categories such as gang-related
Rassie Erasmus has named an exciting Springbok squad. Erasmus named the same 54 players – 9 of whom are uncapped – that attended the second national alignment camp in Cape Town last month in a large training squad for the opening stages of the international season, which kicks off on 28 June against the Barbarians, followed by the Castle Lager Incoming Series. “We were very pleased with the two Springbok alignment camps we hosted, and we are
