Through its new Save Our Beach Huts campaign, the Beach Hut Trust is drawing attention to the decay of Cape Town’s iconic beach huts in Muizenberg and St James
The campaign aims to raise funds and awareness for the restoration and maintenance of the beach huts through a telethon this month.
The telethon will be held on Saturday, September 25 at Blue Route Mall from 9am until 2pm with local sponsors and celebrities manning the phone lines to raise awareness and celebrate the unique heritage of the huts in Cape Town. Save Our Beach Huts founding member Angela Gorman said that after seeing the state of the beach huts last year and hearing that the City Council had no plans to restore or renovate them, they started the community campaign Save Our Beach Huts on Facebook.
The group were able to restore their first hut last year with assistance from building contractors, roofers and painters that donated their services. Their ultimate goal is to restore all the beach huts on both Muizenberg and St James beaches.
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