'Is CoCT ready for big fires?'

AS THE smoke clears from the wildfire that devastated the Tokai-Silvermine-Kalk Bay area last week, political and civil leaders have slammed the City of Cape Town.

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They claim that the City mismanaged the response to the fire that raged across the southern peninsula for five days, with 250 firefighters working around the clock to extinguish the blaze.

GOOD Party councillor Roscoe Palm questioned the City's state of readiness, pointing out that the City didn't make use of all the resources available.