South Africa: Fire Breaks Out On Table Mountain, Prompting Road Closures 3

A fire broke out in Newlands Ravine on Sunday, February 23. The flames spread quickly to other parts of Table Mountain and moved to Cape Town’s central business district due to strong winds. The flame prompted road closures in the nearby area. There are no reports of injuries at the time of writing. This video shows the firefighting operation by a helicopter on the Newlands fire.

South Africa: Fire Breaks Out On Table Mountain, Prompting Road Closures 2

A fire broke out in Newlands Ravine on Sunday, February 23. The flames spread quickly to other part of Table Mountain and now moving to Cape Town’s central business district due to strong winds. The flame prompted road closures in the nearby area. There are no reports of injuries at the time of writing.

South Africa: Fire Breaks Out On Table Mountain, Prompting Road Closures

A fire broke out in Newlands Ravine on Sunday, February 23. The flames spread quickly to other part of Table Mountain and now moving to Cape Town’s central business district due to strong winds. The flame prompted road closures in the nearby area. There are no reports of injuries at the time of writing.

Awareness of water conservation runs deep in Cape Town

STORY: Awareness of water conservation runs deep in Cape Town DATELINE: March 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:57 LOCATION: Cape Town CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people filling their water buckets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LENORE FULLER, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZAHID BADROODIEN, Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZAHID BADROODIEN, Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ACHMAT ABRAHAMS, Owner of a car wash 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ACHMAT ABRAHAMS, Owner of a car wash 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): CHRIS VAN ZYL, Environmental manager of Vineyard Hotel 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): CHRIS VAN ZYL, Environmental manager of Vineyard Hotel 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): ZAHID BADROODIEN, Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): ZAHID BADROODIEN, Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation STORYLINE: At Newlands Spring in Cape Town, Lenore Fuller,

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WATER CONSERVATION

SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WATER CONSERVATION

(220323) -- CAPE TOWN, March 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A person fills a bucket at Newlands Spring in Cape Town, South Africa, on March 19, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Awareness of water conservation runs deep in Cape Town" (Xinhua/Lyu Tianran)

CIRCUS OF FEAR

CIRCUS OF FEAR

CIRCUS OF FEAR ANTHONY NEWLANDS, CHRISTOPHER LEE , LEO GENN Date: 1966

Rugby: Big changes for Sunwolves as they get set to take on Stormers

Rugby: Big changes for Sunwolves as they get set to take on Stormers

Sunwolves players train in Cape Town on April 6, 2016. Sunwolves coach Mark Hammett has made wholesale changes to his side for the April 8 Super Rugby clash with the Stormers at Newlands after losing the first five games of their inaugural season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rugby: Tired Sunwolves unable to weather Stormers

Rugby: Tired Sunwolves unable to weather Stormers

The Sunwolves' Teruya Goto scores a try during the first half of a match against the Stormers at Newlands stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on July 8, 2017. The Sunwolves lost their penultimate game of the 2017 Super Rugby season 52-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo