by Masifundise | Nov 3, 2020 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Small-scale fishers from Nibela in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have tabled a letter to Isimangaliso Wetland Park authorities and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) following failed attempts of meaningful public participation for the Integrated...
by Masifundise | Nov 3, 2020 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Featured News, Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 22 October 2020, Masifundise kicked off the first leg of their COVID-19 roadshow and Socio-Economic Rights Project in the Eastern Cape. After months of being unable to conduct fieldwork, this roadshow provided Masifundise with the opportunity to physically reaffirm...
by Masifundise | Sep 30, 2020 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, MPAs, The Hook
On the night of Wednesday 16 September 2020, Celimpilo Mdluli and two other fishermen from the Nibela cooperative were shot by rangers at the St Lucia Lake while fishing. Celimpilo unfortunately died as a result of the shooting, the other fisher was shot and...
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 8, 2017 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing
On the 15th November 2017, ahead of World Fisheries Day on the 21 November, Coastal Links and Masifundise Development Trust hosted a Roundtable at La Mercy Beach Hotel, Durban. Entitled Operation Phakisa, the Ocean Economy, Marine Spatial Planning and coastal...
by Masifundise | Dec 8, 2017 | Customary Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Coastal Links Eastern Cape small-scale fishers and their community members used World Fishers Day to highlight their plight in the province and voice their concerns over the extractive emphasis in Operation Phakisa, which is squeezing them further and further out of...
