A man suspected of vandalising the viewing deck at Kelpbaai in the Blaauwberg Nature Reserve has been admitted to Somerset Hospital’s psychiatric ward. The man was apprehended by Melkbosstrand police at the viewing deck.

He allegedly damaged four of the hand rails, two side rails, two steps and a signboard belonging to the wooden viewing deck. According to Tarryn Rinkwest of the City of Cape Town the vandalised viewing deck was funded by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. It was constructed by a group of unemployed youth, the disabled and women.