Sinking boat – The Myth of a Safe Harbour

Hout Bay’s infrastructure has been in crisis for years. The situation has gone from bad to embarrassing. The shipwrights hands are tied, the slipway is not in good condition, and there is massive frustration…

The present situation in Hout Bay, Cape Town’s harbour is this: Departmental bungling and corruption coupled with a lack of will has already seen the installation of incompetent and mostly absent Harbour Masters, allowing for the increasing crime, malicious damage and theft to both harbour property and privately owned boats.