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Friends of Table Mountain

Painting the future: How an actuary is transforming Newlands Forest’s fight against poaching

South Africa

Painting the future: How an actuary is transforming Newlands Forest’s fight against poaching

By Don Pinnock

Lobby group calls for beefed-up Table Mountain security as muggings continue

South Africa

Lobby group calls for beefed-up Table Mountain security as muggings continue

By Samane Jnr Marks

‘He said he would chop my finger off’ — hikers describe ordeal after two more Cape Town mountain muggings

South Africa

‘He said he would chop my finger off’ — hikers describe ordeal after two more Cape Town mountain muggings

By Samane Jnr Marks

Table Mountain muggings: How do you secure a national park with 850km of trails?

South Africa

Table Mountain muggings: How do you secure a national park with 850km of trails?

By Suné Payne, Samane Jnr Marks and Tapiwanashe Zaranyika

Give our Mother City its mountain – calls made for better quality control and management

Africa

Give our Mother City its mountain – calls made for better quality control and management

By Julia Evans

Environment minister Creecy urged to hand over ‘broken’ Table Mountain National Park to City of Cape Town

Our Burning Planet

Environment minister Creecy urged to hand over ‘broken’ Table Mountain National Park to City of Cape Town

By Julia Evans

South Africa

Table Mountain is part of our heritage and should be celebrated and protected

By Maryann Shaw

‘Show us the money from our Mountain, SANParks’

South Africa

‘Show us the money from our Mountain, SANParks’

By Tiara Walters