A 12-hour operation involving multiple bulldozers, dozens of municipal workers and several City of Cape Town departments resulted in the successful removal of a male humpback whale carcass that had washed ashore on Blakes Beach, Strand late last Friday (25 November).
The removal operation began early on Saturday morning and was quite a spectacle, attracting hundreds of curious onlookers with families in tow to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary occurrence.
A local swimming academy has resorted to the costly endeavour of taking practise sessions to other facilities as council is yet to heed their call for assistance with the Strand municipal indoor pool’s heating function which remains impaired and hamp