City of Cape Town cautions as temperatures expected to rise
Popular beaches were largely quiet on New Year’s day compared with previous years.
The City of Cape Town has cautioned the public about the predicted hot weather conditions that are likely to hit the province in the next two days, sparking a surge of visitors to the City’s beaches.
The City of Cape Town said it’s Safety and Security Directorate staff will maintain high levels of visibility at beaches and other public areas for the next few weeks until the school holidays wind down.
“Many people are still on holiday and I think they’ll want to make the most of any good weather, considering that both the peak festive season weekends didn’t offer the greatest weather conditions,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith.
Smith indicated that popular beaches were largely quiet on New Year’s day compared with previous years, with an estimated 30,000 people on Muizenberg, 12,000 at Strandfontein Pavilion, 8,000 at Strand and just 3,000 at Monwabisi.
Between 1 December 2017 and 1 January 2018, 10 drownings were recorded, compared to seven during the previous festive season.
Three of the incidents happened at Mnandi, four at Strand and one each at Soetwater, Monwabisi and Muizenberg. There were also two false alarms at Strand and Melkbosstrand.
Source: citizen.co.za