by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Shell announced it will start a seismic survey in search of oil or gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns on 1 December. On 5 December, small-scale fishing communities from Kosi Bay to Saldanha Bay gathered to protest against the seismic survey undertaken by...
by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 15 November 2021 Masifundise hosted its very first youth activist school in Durban. This school comprised of 30 youth members from the coastal communities of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape as well as Coastal Links veteran leadership. Throughout the week,...
by Masifundise | Nov 23, 2021 | Customary Rights, Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
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,...
by Masifundise | Nov 5, 2021 | climate change, Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
More than 180 civil society and indigenous organisations, and academics, across 50 countries, have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of climate and environmental policy. This decision was made ahead of the 2021...
by Masifundise | Oct 27, 2021 | Customary Rights, Events, Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Inland fishing policy, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Masifundise hosts the launch of its first report and documentary on Inland Fisheries! The report and the video explore the challenges that inland small-scale fishing communities face as a result of the lack of recognition for their livelihood activities, and the...
by Masifundise | Oct 22, 2021 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Earlier this month, members of Coastal Links in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) gathered in Richards Bay for four days to discuss the state of small-scale fishing in the province. Much of the discussion was around the meeting with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the...