Many Capetonians have urged for Table Mountain to be illuminated with blue and yellow colours in showing support for the people of Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.
Lighting up our City’s icon and one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature is something that the City of Cape Town has done before in times of recognition. In 2020, Table Mountain adorned red lights to highlight the struggle of the events industry during the harder lockdown phases of the pandemic. In December last year, the famous table was dressed in purple lights to honour and recognise the legacy of the late Desmond Tutu.
Yesterday, Some reports surfaced expressing that Table Mountain would be lit up in blue and yellow lights, tied to the Western Cape’s Provincial Party (WCPP) standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. However, Table Mountain did not sport blue and yellow lights upon its slopes as indicated.
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It was instead the WCPP’s building on 7 Wale Street that got dressed up in flag colours of the nation.
Cape {town} Etc received confirmation that Table Mountain hadn’t been confirmed to light up in solidarity from James Retief, Manager of Stakeholder and Communication Services for the Western Cape Provincial Parliament.
Who decides whether Table Mountain can be illuminated?
Retief indicated that the lighting up of Table Mountain would need to be an initiative of the City of Cape Town. Further, the WCPP expressed that the decision also lies with SANParks.
SANParks’s Regional Communications Manager, Lauren Howard-Clayton further confirmed that to her knowledge, the lighting did not take place.
Whether Table Mountain will be lit up in Ukraine’s colours is still a matter of speculation.
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