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07 June 2024

Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team to meet with baboon-affected communities as from next week

The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT) consisting of representatives from SANParks, CapeNature, and the City of Cape Town, will host engagements with communities from baboon-affected areas on the Southern Peninsula as of next week.  

The Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan (CPBSMP) provides the framework for the sustainable management of the Cape Peninsula’s Chacma baboons and is to be implemented and elaborated upon with area-based solutions developed jointly with affected communities.

The intention of the community meetings is to engage and collaborate with residents on devising these area-based solutions and interventions.

At the meetings, the CPBMJTT will present information about:

  • the history and movement of the baboon troop specific to the area
  • interventions and solutions to be implemented by the three authorities as per their respective mandates; and
  • the transitioning period as we are working towards fully operationalising the CPBSMP

Importantly, the respective communities are encouraged to prepare for these meetings by familiarising themselves with the CPBSMP and the Fencing Report that was published last year; and to also propose solutions and interventions suitable to their unique circumstances – these will be workshopped at the community meetings.

The meetings will be hosted in person, from 17:00 to 19:00.

Residents are kindly requested to note the following dates and venues:

  • Simon’s Town and Murdock Valley: Monday, 10 June 2024, Simon’s Town Civic Centre; 180 St George’s Street, Simon’s Town
  • Kommetjie, Imhoff’s Gift, Heron Park, and Ocean View: Tuesday, 11 June 2024, Simon’s Town Civic Centre; 180 St George’s Street, Simon’s Town
  • Scarborough and Misty Cliffs: Wednesday, 12 June 2024, Scarborough Community Hall, 10 Melkhout Street, Scarborough
  • Constantia south of Constantia Nek, Tokai, Zwaanswyk: Thursday, 13 June 2024, Wynberg Civic Centre; cnr of Byrnes and Rosmead Avenue, Wynberg
  • Da Gama, Welcome Glen, Glencairn: Tuesday, 18 June 2024, Simon’s Town Civic Centre; 180 St George’s Street, Simon’s Town
  • Sunnydale and Capri: Wednesday, 19 June 2024, Fish Hoek Civic Centre; 65B Central Circle, Fish Hoek
  • Constantia north of Constantia Nek: Thursday, 20 June 2024, Wynberg Civic Centre; cnr of Byrnes and Rosmead Ave, Wynberg

A reminder that the Cape Peninsula Baboon Strategic Management Plan and Fencing Report is available here:

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