Words: Liezl Human / GroundUp
Known as the bokkom capital of the world, Velddrif is a small fishing town on the West Coast where a type of fish biltong called bokkoms (a salted and dried harder fish) is sold from Bokkomlaan, next to the road, outside shops, and from people's homes.
After a severe winter, the historic Bokkomlaan, a road in Velddrif on the banks of the Berg River is again selling bokkoms, a West Coast delicacy, by the thousands.
Several fish houses drying and selling bokkoms operate from Bokkomlaan. Thousands of bokkom bunches (called bossies) are dried here each week if the weather permits it.
We hope for about 1 000 bossies a week, said Amos Jantjies of Ubuntu Visserye, who has been working on Bokkomlaan for over 30 years.
