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LFN vs City, CapeNature & SANParks: High Court to Hear Urgent Baboon Governance Case

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Environment, Legal, Politics, Real Story / By Reyno De Beer / 17 Feb 2026 / action plan, Alan Winde, baboons, Cape Town, CapeNature, DA, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer, SANParks, Western Cape, Western Cape Constitution

On Thursday, 19 February 2026 at 10h00, the High Court Western Cape Division, Cape Town will hear an urgent application brought by Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) against the Democratic Alliance (DA) run City of Cape Town, CapeNature and SANParks under case number 2026-024184.

At stake is not simply baboon management — but the legality, transparency and traceability of the Final Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Action Plan. LFN contends that irreversible implementation steps cannot proceed without clearly identified, lawfully authorised administrative decisions capable of judicial scrutiny. After the City and CapeNature refused to support a remote hearing, the matter will now be heard in open court. Members of the public are invited to attend.

LFN Takes On the DA: Western Cape Government Dragged to Court Over Baboon Plan

Leave a Comment / Constitution, Environment, Legal, Politics / By Reyno De Beer / 05 Feb 2026 / action plan, Alan Winde, baboons, Commissioner of the Environment, DA, LFN, Liberty Fighters, Reyno De Beer

Liberty Fighters Network (LFN) has launched an urgent High Court application against the DA-led Western Cape Government, including Premier Alan Winde, to halt irreversible actions contemplated under the so-called Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Action Plan. At the heart of the case is not only the fate of the Cape baboons, but the Western Cape Government’s bypassing of lawful environmental oversight, its failure to appoint the constitutionally required Commissioner for the Environment, and its use of task-team structures to obscure accountability. LFN says conservation cannot be reduced to political expediency, nor can permanent wildlife interventions be forced through while constitutional obligations are ignored.