South Africa: Jobs More Important Than Smells, Say Hangberg Residents

2 September 2015

The proposed closure of Oceana's Hout Bay Fishmeal and Fish Oil Facility is worrying people of Hangberg, where many employees live.

Hangberg is a fishing community near the Hout Bay harbour, in the shadow of the Sentinel mountain. It is a struggling working class neighbourhood. Shacks and wendy houses are squeezed into every available space and employment is scarce.

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