Visitors to Cape Town (let’s face it, the migration to the Mother City for the summer has definitely started) may appreciate it if you point out Table Mountain to them tomorrow evening. With 1 December marking World Aids Day, the City of Cape Town has agreed to light up the natural wonder in red between 7pm and 11pm.
“Boom.” Of course, there can only be one reason for this unusual meteorological blessing: The TBG is on the Mountain. Coincidence? I think not. Come on. Don’t be silly. [Headline image source:tablemountain]
Look, if you’re a robber, think again about hiding out in a cave on Table Mountain. Because the Western Cape authorities are going to be cracking down on yo’ ass. Just a warning.
One of the greatest pleasures Cape Town has to offer is free access to jaw-droppingly beautiful mountain walks. But please take care in the wild, kids. A tragic accident took place yesterday on a Table Mountain trail, resulting in a lethal fall for a local hiker.
Happy St Paddy’s Day. If you’re out and about making merry in Cape Town tonight, take a pause between sips of Guinness to have a look at the mountain. You may notice something different about it. Yip, those green-as-a-leprechaun floodlights. Table Mountain will be illuminated tonight from 8pm until midnight to mark Irish holiday St Patrick’s Day.
Yesterday we had a comment on our story, Rob Taylor Took The Ultimate Jump which prompted us to do a little extra digging. Professionals suggest that his unusual behaviour leading up to his death may have been a result of drug use or a mental health ailment.
Soon after we published the story that property development tycoon, Rob Taylor, was suspected of having perished by suicide by leaping off Table Mountain, online conversations around the incident began to reveal a number of curious, if not unnerving details of the circumstances leading up to Taylor’s death.
Rob Taylor, the property tycoon from Howick (KZN) who donated his R2,03 million Audi R8 to two car guards at the base of Table Mountain in January of 2010, is suspected of committing suicide by leaping from the base of the top cable car station on Sunday evening.
Skulls in lighthouses, unidentified bodies on Table Mountain, and mass food poisonings in Somerset West – it’s been a fairly strange three days in Cape Town.