by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2017 | Coastal Links, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Western Cape Coastal Links leaders from seventeen communities in the Western Cape held an important Provincial meeting in Paternoster and Langebaan from Tuesday 19 to September 21, to discuss issues affecting SSF ‘s, the organisation and specifically its future...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2017 | Food Sovereignty, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, WFFP
In the past weeks, two publications come out, highlighting the importance of strengthening the connection between Food Sovereignty and the struggle for SSF Human Rights. “Water is an essential element for life and a crucial component of the human environment. It is...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2017 | Coastal Links, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
On the 21st of September, Coastal Links KZN Provincial Executive Committee and a large number ol local members attended DAFF Imbizo in KwaSokhlu, KZN. The Imbizo, addressed by DAFF Minister Senzeni Zokwana and Deputy DG Siphokazi Ndudane, was strongly impacted...
by Masifundise | Sep 21, 2017 | Food Sovereignty, Sustainable Livelihoods
While we are approaching the 10 years anniversary for the Equality Court ruling that determined that a policy had to be developed to recognize the human rights of South African small-scale fishing communities, we are still waiting for the SSF policy to be implemented....
by Masifundise | Sep 21, 2017 | Food Sovereignty, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Umhlaba wethu, Nesihlati, elwandle lethu, – Our lands, our forests and our seas are under threat and our rights are being impacted. We as Coastal Links Eastern Cape say that we have historically depended on our lands and forests along the coast, on...
