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South Africa - Cape Town - 25 June 2020 - Ronwill van Helson feeds a wild seal named Pappie on the harbour wall. Hes has been feeding the seals here for over a decade now. Tourists usually give him tips when he makes the seals do tricks for food, but there are no more tourists coming to the harbour now. The name Hout Bay dates back to 1653, and relates to the quantity of excellent timber, from the existing Yellow wood trees, which early Dutch settlers found to be growing in its ravines. Kronendal was the first farm in Hout Bay established in the 1670s. They started to construct a small fishing harbour, which was even occupied by the French in the end of the 1780s. But until 1950, despite the fishing potential of the Bay, the lands were used primarily for the forests and the mines industries. During the 1950s-70s, life radically changed for the Hout Bay's residents. Today, Hout Bay Harbour, one of the jewels in Cape Town’s tourism crown has turned into a derelict, crime-infested place. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)

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Today in SA - 29 June 2020
South Africa - Cape Town - 25 June 2020 - Ronwill van Helson feeds a wild seal named Pappie on the harbour wall. Hes has been feeding the seals here for over a decade now. Tourists usually give him tips when he makes the seals do tricks for food, but there are no more tourists coming to the harbour now. The name Hout Bay dates back to 1653, and relates to the quantity of excellent timber, from the existing Yellow wood trees, which early Dutch settlers found to be growing in its ravines. Kronendal was the first farm in Hout Bay established in the 1670s. They started to construct a small fishing harbour, which was even occupied by the French in the end of the 1780s. But until 1950, despite the fishing potential of the Bay, the lands were used primarily for the forests and the mines industries. During the 1950s-70s, life radically changed for the Hout Bay's residents. Today, Hout Bay Harbour, one of the jewels in Cape Town’s tourism crown has turned into a derelict, crime-infested place. Photographer: Armand Hough/African News Agency(ANA)