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Programmes

Masifundise facilitates the formation and growth of mass based
community organisations in poor coastal areas.

Publications

Masifundise develops discussion papers that speak in the voice of traditional small-scale
fisher fishers and critically analyses some of the important concepts and definitions
related to fishery policy and management.

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Our Vision

We have a vision of empowered SSF communities with the ability to build
and strengthen their food sovereignty within a more just and democratic
socio-economic and political environment.

Latest News

Malunga Neleta eVulekileyo evela kubalobi abasakhasayo abasesichengeni eya kuPphathiswa weMithombo yeziMbiwa naMandla kunye namaHlathi, kunye nowezoLoba nokusiNgqongileyo

Dec 14, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook

Imbalelwano ku: Mphathiswa uGwede Mantashe Mphathiswa uBarbara Creecy BaPhathiswa abathandekayo, Mantashe kunye noCreecy Malunga:...

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Events

Justice for the Vaalplaas Community

On Saturday, 11 December 2021 the Vaalplaas community of Paternoster received their long-awaited title deed handover. The Vaalplaas land claimants tell a story of a series of injustices. The systematic dispossession of their rights and the land settled on by their...

“I am because of small-scale fisheries”, Nico Waldeck

Masifundise Development Trust welcomes Nico Waldeck, experienced community development practitioner in the small-scale sector, as the newest board member. Waldeck worked at Masifundise for over a decade as a Community Development Worker for coastal communities in the...

PRESS RELEASE: Shooting and disappearance of Nibela fisherman at St Lucia, Isimangaliso World Heritage Site raises concerns regarding a shoot to kill pattern

On 12 November 2021, 24-year-old Thulani Mdluli and his three friends, all local fishers from the traditional fishing community of Nibela went fishing in the upper reaches of St Lucia. The Nibela community has lived on the Nibela peninsula for several hundred years,...

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In the Media

Malunga Neleta eVulekileyo evela kubalobi abasakhasayo abasesichengeni eya kuPphathiswa weMithombo yeziMbiwa naMandla kunye namaHlathi, kunye nowezoLoba nokusiNgqongileyo

Dec 14, 2021

Imbalelwano ku: Mphathiswa uGwede Mantashe Mphathiswa uBarbara Creecy BaPhathiswa abathandekayo, Mantashe kunye noCreecy Malunga: Neleta eVulekileyo evela kubalobi abasakhasayo abasesichengeni eya kuPphathiswa weMithombo yeziMbiwa naMandla kunye...

Incwadi Evulelekile eya kuNgqongqoshe wezokuMbiwa phansi neZamandla ezamaHlathi, ezokuDoba nezeMvelo evela kubadobi abadobela ukuziphilisa abasengozini

Dec 14, 2021

Ibhekiswe ku: Ngqongqoshe Gwede Mantashe Ngqongqoshe Barbara Creecy Siyanibingelela boNgqogqoshe, Mantashe kanye no Creecy RE: Incwadi Evulelekile eya kuNgqongqoshe wezokuMbiwa phansi neZamandla ezamaHlathi, ezokuDoba nezeMvelo evela kubadobi abadobela ukuziphilisa...

An Open Letter from under-threat small-scale fishers to the Ministers of Mineral Resources and Energy and Forestry, Fishing and Environment

Dec 14, 2021

For Attention: Minister Gwede Mantashe Minister Barbara Creecy Dear Ministers, Mantashe and Creecy RE: An Open Letter from under-threat small-scale fishers to the Ministers of Mineral Resources and Energy and Forestry, Fishing and Environment We are traditional...