{"id":46962,"date":"2024-02-20T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/city-of-cape-town-concerned-about-the-environmental-impact-on-princess-vlei-wetland-park-20240220\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:11:53","slug":"city-of-cape-town-concerned-about-the-environmental-impact-on-princess-vlei-wetland-park-20240220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/city-of-cape-town-concerned-about-the-environmental-impact-on-princess-vlei-wetland-park-20240220\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Cape Town concerned about the environmental impact on Princess Vlei Wetland Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four fires within four days have City officials concerned with the environmental impact on Princess Vlei Wetland Park, a provincial heritage site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Last week, Ward 72 councillor Kevin Southgate called an urgent meeting with officials to try and find solutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southgate said it was time for management to take a closer look at the recurrent fires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Four fires within four days have City officials concerned with the environmental impact on Princess Vlei Wetland Park, a provincial heritage site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Ward 72 councillor Kevin Southgate called an urgent meeting with officials to try and find solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am very concerned about the number of fires we\u2019ve had in Princess Vlei the last couple of days,\u201d said Southgate. \u201cWe\u2019ve had extensive burns and it is very difficult to accept that it is accidental.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shifting his gaze from the waterbody to reeds in the distance, Southgate said it was time for management to take a closer look at the recurrent fires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vlei has heritage status and I think we really need to do more to protect the it, and I\u2019m hoping that management and officials responsible for the vlei will actually start looking more seriously at what we can do to protect this waterbody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUltimately, we (should) leave a legacy that our local communities can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damage to the environment after investing hundreds of thousands of rands into restoration work is simply not an option, he concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere must be either something or someone behind the lighting of these fires, which have caused a lot of damage in terms of the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a City as well as a forum, we have spent hundreds of thousands of rands and to see that work go up in flames is very sad and discouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, challenges include the inability to monitor the vlei that can be freely accessed from any direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is clear from what we have seen that there is no access control to the waterbody, so we find that litter pickers come through the vlei on a daily basis using the area as a sorting facility and leaving their rubbish behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso, people who are stealing copper wires . . . they use the vlei because it is very difficult to identify them in the thick vegetation, to burn wires and that could also be a cause to the starting of fires,\u201d said Southgate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_469e89f3\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10804\/c765e2cd671141d8bf0f4eeb9f1f39f1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5e042d90e2d54a83b79d821e0d13f5fa.jpg\" title=\"Four fires within four days have authorities looking at ways to protect the environment at Princess Vlei. PHOTO: \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Four fires within four days have authorities looking at ways to protect the environment at Princess Vlei. PHOTO: <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10804\/94eb5c74c2ab4b27a08f75462326bc12.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/41494c44b4554444ba317bbe8fa0640c.jpg\" title=\"Princess Vlei is a provincial heritage site. PHOTO: \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Princess Vlei is a provincial heritage site. PHOTO: <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, residents are on high alert as fires are reportedly started during the day and at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResidents have concluded that these can\u2019t be accidental fires because some have started during the night. The circumstances are completely different and that leads one to think that fires started at night are deliberate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn added concern is people who are sleeping in the bush, who would not necessarily set their own \u2018home\u2019 alight. I think most of the problems we are experiencing is as a result of people transiting through the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emma Oliver, secretary of the Princess Vlei Forum, said the recurring fires emphasize the need for approved park rangers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the past five years, we have put a significant amount of time and effort into restoration planting and working with local schools and volunteers to plant fynbos and the type of vegetation that should be found around the vlei. Restoration planting means restoring to the vlei plants that would have grown there 50 or 100 years ago, such as the Cape Flats sand fynbos that flourish along the vlei.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase in fires has residents suspicious of possible arson, she adds. \u201cResidents in all the communities are shocked and concerned by the amount of fires at the vlei and it makes people very suspicious of arson although we are not pointing fingers at anyone. 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