Latest articles on Table Mountain

Instinctive Chiefs prove their title credentials

Article Luke Feltham - 1 Mar 2020

Amakhosi have flipped the popular narrative on its head, winning the Soweto Derby 1-0, and are now favourites to lift the PSL trophy

The Portfolio: Ali Greef

Article Ali Greef - 20 Sep 2019

"My approach is to become a part of the community — a simulation of what and whom I could have become had I grown up on the Cape Flats."

Abalone poaching: Lifting the lid on why, how and who

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Apr 2018

Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security

Drilling underway to access last 10% in Western Cape dam

Article Jeanette Chabalala - 26 Feb 2018

The remaining 10% in the Theewaterskloof Dam is largely regarded as unusable if used through the current dam system

Ancient water could solve modern crisis in Cape Town

Article Govan Whittles - 9 Feb 2018

A Cape Town researcher believes the city should return to Table Mountain and the Camissa water system in its quest to resolve its current problems

Whites helpless as Malema lays claim to Table Mountain

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2015

Julius Malema returns from his honeymoon to occupy Table Mountain – and Jacob Zuma will hold garage sales to pay off land reform debts.

Hotel staff clears alien vegetation

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jul 2013

Adopt-a-Plot Project by the Vineyard Hotel & Spa is the runner-up in the Community Conservation Award.

Our Earth: Switching off for change

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Mar 2013

Landmarks and skylines were plunged into darkness as lights around the world were switched off for 'Earth Hour' to raise awareness of climate change.

Table Mountain to ‘switch off for good’ during Earth Hour

Article Sapa Afp - 23 Mar 2013

Iconic landmarks, including Table Mountain, around the world will cut their lights for the 'Earth Hour' campaign against climate change.

Table Mountain named new wonder of nature

Article Sapa - 2 Dec 2012

Table Mountain has been inaugurated as one of the new seven wonders of nature at a ceremony held at the foot of the mountain.

Protest takes its toll on Carlisle

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Mar 2012

The MEC of Public Works in Cape Town loves Chapman's Peak, but erecting a building on it must go ahead regardless, he says.

Row over Chapman’s Peak toll road offices

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2012

Hout Bay residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the construction of an office block on Chapman's Peak drive by the operators of the toll road.

Fairest Cape turns ugly for hikers

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Nov 2011

After a spate of attacks on hikers, a volunteer group is considering taking SANParks Table Mountain National Park to court.

Table Mountain becomes a new world wonder of nature

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Nov 2011

Table Mountain has been provisionally named one of the new seven wonders of nature by a global poll, alongside the Amazon and the Iguazu Falls.

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andries sibanyoni - 28 Nov 2020

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nicolene de wee - 26 Nov 2020

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Public protector’s ‘mistakes’ were made to nail the president, court hears

Sarah Smit - 26 Nov 2020

Busisiwe Mkhwebane discarded facts that were inconvenient to her when she investigated the CR17 campaign, Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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Introducing Greening the Future 2020

Staff Reporter - 26 Nov 2020

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Western Cape SMBs look to technology to get them through pandemic

special reports - 25 Nov 2020

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Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation