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Media Release: A mountain of opportunities
Date: 2008-08-05
Cape Town, 4 August 2008 – Table Mountain National Park’s expanded public works programme held a graduation ceremony on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 for 52 men and women who completed entry level training in carpentry, bricklaying and plastering.
Media Release: Have a whale of a time in the TMNP's Marine Protected Area
Date: 2008-08-04
The seas around the Cape Peninsula are rich in marine biodiversity as this area is a transitional zone where the warm Benguela and cold Atlantic currents mix. In July 2004 the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area (MPA) was proclaimed in order to ensure the sustainable use of marine resources and provide protection for the varied species found in our oceans.
Media Release: Cableway Re-Opens After Annual Maintenance
Date: 2008-07-30
The Table Mountain Cableway will re-open (weather permitting) to the public on Monday August 4, after completing its annual maintenance.
TMNP's Biggest Employment Creation And Skills Capacity Building Programme Draws To A Close
Date: 2008-07-29
TMNP's expanded public works programme has created over 750 jobs for previously unemployed people from the communities surrounding the Park, using funds secured from DEAT Social Responsibility Programme (SRP) is drawing to a close.
Revised Cableway Rates 2008/2009
Date: 2008-07-15
Due to the unforseen increase in the CPIX rate Table Mountain Cableway has had to revise its rates for 2008/9 announced in January 2008.
Media Release: Cableway Closes For Annual Maintenance
Date: 2008-07-10
Table Mountain Cableway has extended its maintenance period from two to three weeks and will be closed from Monday July 14 until Sunday August 3. Mock-rescues will take place during this time with Cableway staff acting as visitors experiencing an emergency situation.
Park News - Table Mountain National Park, Second Quarter 2008
Date: 2008-07-07
Media Release: Proactive TMNP Staff And SAPS Help British Tourist Recover Stole Goods
Date: 2008-07-03
Thursday, 3 July 2008 – Proactive staff members of Table Mountain National Park helped a British tourist recover stolen goods at Cape Point on Wednesday, 2 July. The tourist had been taking photographs when a man was seen picking up camera equipment and driving off with it.
Media Release: TMNP Issues Warning To Visitors About Crime Incident At Silvermine Day
Date: 2008-06-27
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 - Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) would like to warn visitors to the Park to be careful as there was an incident, where a group of four visitors and a guide were mugged at the Silvermine dam this afternoon. One of the visitors was stabbed.
Media Release: Cape Point Bulk Infrastructure And Road Upgrade
Date: 2008-06-11
In Cape Town, Wednesday 11th June 2008, Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) announced that it is going to undertake a major road, car park and bulk services infrastructure upgrade at Cape Point.
Media Release: Thorp Motor Group Continues Support for TNMP, African Penguin Conservation
Date: 2008-06-09
The Thorp Motor Group supported by Frontline Underwriters (Pty) Ltd has supplied a Corsa Utility to Table Mountain National Park. In a deal brokered by iKapa Honorary Rangers Thorp Auto will replace the current Corsa Utility which has been used for the past year to help save the lives of hundreds of penguins that have been washed up on our shores. The vehicle is constantly used to help with all facets of conservation along the shores of Table Mountain National Park.
Media Release: Ikapa Honorary Rangers Donate Cyber Trackers To Table Mountain National Park
Date: 2008-06-09
iKapa Honorary Rangers has donated cyber trackers valued at R17 000 to Table Mountain National Park. At a function to celebrate 10 years of Table Mountain National Park 5 cyber trackers were presented to the park at the same time as Thorp Motor Group renewed its sponsorship of a Corsa Utility for use as a Penguin Rescue Vehicle.
Media Release: The Table Mountain Cableway re-opens to the public!
Date: 2008-05-26
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has announced that operations will resume on Tuesday 20 May 2008, weather permitting.
Media Release: Cableway Closed for Repair
Date: 2008-05-19
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has closed until further notice in order to allow a Swiss specialist to fly to Cape Town to repair an intricate part of its motor control which is damaged.
Media Release: TMNP Retains Command and Control Function on Signal Hill
Date: 2008-05-19
As part of the pilot security intervention for Signal Hill and Tafelberg Roads, Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) prepared a crime threat analysis, which was tabled at a briefing session for Chubb and Fidelity security companies. The two companies will assist Table Mountain National Park in managing security on Signal Hill and Tafelberg Roads in the evening in line with the agreement brokered by the City of Cape Town.
SANParks Helps Staff Affected by Redhill Fire
Date: 2008-03-06
Elizabeth Fete, General Worker at the Buffelsfontein Visitor Centre at Cape Point; Jeffrey Ntsomboyi, (Field Ranger in the Cape of Good Hope Section); and Vuyokazi Xabanisa (Sales Assistant at Boulders Penguin Colony) lost their homes and belongings in the devastating fire that raged through Redhill on Friday, 8th February 2008.
Media Release: Crime on Table Mountain Does Not Pay
Date: 2008-03-06
Thursday, 6th March 2008 - The arrest of four muggers on Wednesday, 5th March 2008 brings the number of suspects arrested on Table Mountain in the last 14 days to six, says Paddy Gordon, operations manager for the northern section of Table Mountain National Park.
TMNP Newsletter
Date: 2008-02-21
Read and enjoy TMNP's very own newsletter, packed full of useful and entertaining information!
MCSA Annual Memorial & Thanks-giving Service on Table Mountain
Date: 2008-02-19
The Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA) is holding its annual memorial & thanks-giving service at Maclears Beacon on the top of Table Mountain on Sunday 24 February.
Media Release: TMNP Fires: SAPS Help With Patrols
Date: 2008-01-29
Cape Town, Sunday 27 January 2008 –Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) has requested the SAPS to step up patrols between Redhill and Oceanview areas, as a result of 12 fires, all believed to be deliberate, which all happened in the last 23 days.
Cableway Reassures Public Of Safety Measures
Date: 2008-01-23
The Table Mountain Cableway Company has reassured visitors that the correct emergency procedures were followed and no lives were endangered on Monday night when an Eskom power outage resulted in people being stranded in cable cars.
Cableway Sympathises With Traumatised Visitors
Date: 2008-01-23
The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has expressed sympathy for the visitors affected by the Eskom power outages which immobilised the cable cars last night.
Record Number of Visitors at Cape Point During the Festive Season
Date: 2008-01-16
Cape Town, Monday, 14 January 2008 – Table Mountain National Park’s Cape Point section had 111 293 visitors between 1 December 2007 and 1 January 2008. This is a 2.7 percent increase compared with the same period last year. Nearly 10 percent of the visitors used a Wild Card to gain access to the Park.
Media Release: TMNP marine Seizes 121 Perlemoen and 3 Crayfish in Sandy Bay
Date: 2007-12-18
Cape Town, 15 December 2007 – Routine Marine Protected Area (MPA) patrols by the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) marine rangers led to the seizure of a vessel with 121 perlemoen (abalone) and 3 crayfish (West Coast Rock Lobster) and a vehicle during this evening (Saturday, 15 December 2007).
Tokai and Cecilia Revised Management Framework December 2007
Date: 2007-12-11
Table Mountain National Park has released the December 2007 Revised Management Framework for Tokai and Cecilia. Herewith please find the links to the explanatory maps for Tokia and Cecilia, as well as other material pertaining to park planning.
TMNP Environmental Management Programme for Walking with Dogs
Date: 2007-12-11
Table Mountain National Park is a popular destination for a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities with around 25 approved recreational activities occurring in the park. These include mountain biking; hiking; horse-riding; sport-climbing; hang-gliding; fishing; diving; surfing; picnicking; and walking with dogs.
Media Release: TMNP’s Innovative Solution for Tokai & Cecilia Plantations
Date: 2007-12-06
Cape Town, Thursday, 6 December 2007 – Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) today presented revised Management Framework proposals for Tokai and Cecilia plantations. The revised proposals were prepared in consultation with various stakeholder groupings including Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry, City of Cape Town, Urban Forests Protection Group, Cool Forests, local ratepayers and friends groups, South African National Biodiversity Institute, World Wide Fund for Nature, ICOMOS, and others, concerned with the biodiversity, heritage and recreation in the area.
Invitation to Press Conference
Date: 2007-12-05
Table Mountain National Park invites you to a press conference where it will present the proposals for the Revised Management Framework for Tokai and Cecilia plantations, prepared in consultation with biodiversity, heritage and recreation stakeholders.
Perlemoen (Abalone) Poachers Busted at Cape Point
Date: 2007-10-29
Cape Town, 29 October 2007 – Surveillance operations of the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) led to the arrest of two perlemoen (abalone) poachers at Buffels Bay in the afternoon on Thursday, 25 October 2007.
Media Release: Rehabilitation of Orangekloof Forest Underway
Date: 2007-10-22
Cape Town, 18 October 2007 - Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) today reports completion of the significant second phase of the rehabilitation of the 250m-long Orangekloof road, illegally constructed by the Water Works department of the City of Cape Town in May 2007.
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