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Last update: 2018·02·03
Dolosse ("knuckle bones" in Afrikaans) - large and complex concrete structures, weighing up to 20 tons, used interlocked in great numbers to protect harbour walls from the erosive force of ocean waves - in Granger Bay, Cape Town. Dolosse were developed in South Africa in the 1960s. [South Africa, 2014]
View from on top of Lion's Head in Cape Town, with Robben Island visible int he near background, and the west coast of South Africa in the distance. [South Africa, 2015]
Scene in the Langa township: one of many areas in South Africa that was originally designated for Black Africans before and during the apartheid era. Despite ongoing poverty, the area is today well known for its closely-knit communities. [South Africa, 2014]