In a media statement last year Tintswalo said: 'We were surrounded by so much love, empathy, support, and assistance that I just cry when I think about it. You can never look at anything as a complete loss but perhaps a new beginning and a new opportunity to create something even better than before.'We will be hosting a charity dinner every year on the anniversary of the fire to raise funds for the NSRI, Volunteer Wildfire Services, and SPCA.'This dinner will be called the Phoenix — rising up out of the ashes, which is quite symbolic for us.'
Catamaran Galileo asks for assistance:
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National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Hout Bay volunteer crew recovered a Hout Bay Yacht Club (HBYC) racing buoy at sea on Saturday, 5 September, after it broke free from its mooring and was swept out into Hout Bay in gale ...