Protesters set fire to a small barricade to block the road leading to the offices of Inkosi Keta in Hout Bay harbour.
Children threw stones at a law-enforcement vehicle from the hillside. Police officers acted as mediators between Inkosi Keta and the small group protesting in the harbour. A meeting between the community rights holders and Inkosi Keta management was held at Hout Bay police station on Tuesday evening, and Yon said company managers were responsive to the community’s demands.Image:Permit holders are granted the right to catch a certain amount of lobster per season for sale. The Hangberg community sold these rights to Inkosi Keta, which stores and sells the catch and may also arrange boats to catch the lobster.
Protesters complaining about unpaid bills for west coast rock lobster catches confront riot cops in Hangberg, Hout Bay, on June 23 2020.This amounts to R11,306 per person for the season, and the contract stipulates that this payment is guaranteed “regardless of what is caught”. The contract was signed on January 23.
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