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It has been a slow few months. Typically, production at the Oceana fishmeal factory slows down during winter – the wet weather makes it difficult to go out to sea and with low fish catches there is intermittent production. As a result, the odour pollution that we commonly experience is also less. It’s nice to be reminded of what a …
City of Cape Town Denies FAHB Appeal Over the past few months, we have been waiting to hear from the City of Cape Town regarding the appeal FAHB submitted to the decision to renew Oceana’s Atmospheric Emissions Licence (AEL) in January 2018. After over 3 months of waiting, the City finally made its verdict on 4 June 2018: they have …
The Oceana fishmeal factory continued production intermittently throughout February and into early March 2017 and residents submitted dozens of complaints to the City of Cape Town and Oceana. Please remember, the reason we continue to register complaints is to document the regularity and extent to which people are impacted. Another article was also published in the Sentinel newspaper. Thank you …
While we have started this new year under the oppressive stench from the Oceana fishmeal factory, we have also seen a tremendous increase in community support calling for change. Over the past two months, almost 500 people have officially become members of Fresh Air for Hout Bay (FAHB) and more than 1,600 people have signed the FAHB petition calling for …