Rescue teams were mobilised on Monday after emergency calls reported a base jumper in distress on Table Mountain, triggering a large-scale response from Wilderness Search and Rescue and other services.
The incident unfolded in the area around Platteklip Gorge, according to a local community group familiar with the terrain.
After an intensive and carefully coordinated operation involving multiple role players, rescuers managed to locate the individual. Sadly, the jumper was declared dead at the scene, as per the South African . Due to the difficult location, the recovery required aerial support, with the body later lifted off the mountain by helicopter and formally handed over to the South African Police Service.
