Cape Town resident describes catching Table Mountain arson suspect in the act A Devil s Peak resident has described how he helped catch a man he saw starting fires on the mountain on Sunday evening. Firefighters leave an area where the flames become too aggressive, as a forest fire burns out of control on the foothills of Table Mountain, above the University of Cape Town, in Cape Town, on 18 April 2021. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP
3 hours ago
CAPE TOWN - A Devil s Peak resident has described how he helped catch a man he saw starting fires on the mountain on Sunday evening.
Cabinet minister s Newlands home destroyed in Cape Town blaze Flames threatening home of deputy president doused in time 19 April 2021 Image: Ruvan Boshoff
A government minister’s residence in Newlands was destroyed by the fire that ravaged Cape Town, public works and infrastructure minister Patricia de Lille said on Monday.
The property belongs to the department of public works and infrastructure (DPWI).
“Thankfully, no-one was hurt and no-one was at the property at the time,” the department said in a statement.
Family members of one minister and two deputy ministers were evacuated from Walmer Estate properties on Monday as there was an immediate threat to property when the fire moved over Philip Kgosana Drive.
Hout Bay seal rescue centre fears eviction
Share
Cape Town – The Hout Bay Seal Rescue Centre says they are at their wits’ end, with fears they may be potentially evicted after the Department of Public Works (DPW) “indicated” they will be putting up the centre for tender.
The centre rehabilitates and releases stranded, injured or distressed Cape fur seal pups which have been rescued by volunteers.
Its administration and fund-raising director, Kim Krynauw, said they had a long-standing agreement with the Oceana Group to use part of the lots; however, in February, Oceana said it was cancelling its lease as it was letting go of some of the lots.
GBV shelters in Western Cape delayed by defects, security issues
By Sisonke Mlamla
Share
Cape Town - The much-vaunted opening of the six shelters for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Western Cape has allegedly been delayed due to the time the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is taking to respond to negotiations for reaching a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the province.
The MoU to allow the six government-owned properties to be made available as shelters for GBV survivors was signed between the Western Cape government and the national DPWI in October last year.
However, delays were also blamed on the alleged slow administration of the department, with the Western Cape Women’s Shelter Movement calling for the shelters to be rendered to those desperately in need.