Saldanha Bay’s small scale fishers have today on World Oceans Day, been participating in a protest in the West Coast town of Langebaan. They have been adding their voices to the growing resistance to the presence of powerships on the Cape West Coast, as well as extractive activities through Operation Phakiza including oil and gas mining.
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