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SANParks pressed over Table Mountain safety after recent attacks Share Cape Town - Lobby groups have demanded answers from SANParks over safety risks following more attacks on users of Table Mountain National Park. The recent incidents occurred on the mountains above Soetwater. Three trail runners were attacked and one sustained mild injuries. The other incident was an attempted mugging near the Bos 400 Wreck. The incidents occurred in the past two weeks. Andre van Schalkwyk of Table Mountain Watch said incidents were ongoing, and it was a only matter of time before there was another ICU case...

weekly newspaper. Recreational users of the Mother City’s most famous landmark have demanded answers to questions about a deluge of surplus revenue that has left the reserve, apparently buckling under a mountain of problems.    Proclaimed in 1998 to conserve the iconic fynbos biome, and run by government entity SANParks (South African National Parks), Table Mountain National Park in 2018/19 earned about R308-million. Key expense items – says environment minister Barbara Creecy’s November 2019 reply to a parliamentary question by the Democratic Alliance – were only R123-million, in...