by Masifundise | May 16, 2018 | Featured News, Latest News
INTRODUCTION Masifundise, a civil society organization with a 17-year track record in working with small-scale fishing communities across South Africa, seeks to appoint a consultant/consultancy team to conduct a Final Evaluation of the overall outputs, results,...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Events, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, WFFP
On the 12 of March 2018, the General Meeting of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) will start in Cape Town. The IPC Sovereignty is an autonomous and self-organised global platform of small-scale food producers and rural workers...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Recently, the South African government has been actively rolling out its Small-scale Fishing Policy across four coastal provinces – the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Northern Cape, But, for small-scale fishers to benefit from livelihood...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Coastal Links KZN leaders and fishers are in shock. They have realised that DAFF’s understanding of the words ‘co-operative’, ‘co-management’ and ‘human rights’ is not the same as theirs. Fishing communities in this province have been waiting for the implementation of...
by Masifundise | Dec 22, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Featured News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Co-management is central to South Africa’s SSF Policy, which was the result of years of struggle, advocacy and engagement with government by small-scale fishers. The task now is to support a kind of co-management that reflects the values and principles of South...
