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Minister Creecy visits

Table Mountain

By Gaopalelwe Moroane
Images by Ashraf Hendricks, Reuters, Rodger Bosch and Siyabulela Malo

Above: Minister Barbara Creecy with some of the Sanparks rangers and firefighters that worked to contain the Cape Town fires.
Image by Siyabulela Malo.

he Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Aboard Working on Fire’s helicopter huey’s, which were
Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, visited Table instrumental in fighting the fires, Minister, accompanied
Mountain National Park on 24 April 2021, following by the Chairperson for the Portfolio Committee on
Tthe fires that damaged property and destroyed Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment: Mr Fikile Xasa, flew
hundreds of hectares of biodiversity on Table Mountain. from the Newlands Fire base to assess the damage the
fire has caused.
Minister’s visit was aimed at assessing the impact the
fire had on the biodiversity and communities around
the national park as well as to engage authorities and
firefighters, to map a way forward.

4 Environment Quarterly: April – May 2021
4 Environment Quarterly: April – May 2021