by Masifundise | Jun 10, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 17 May 2022 Masifundise attended a community meeting hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE). This meeting came as a result of continued harassment and violence meted out against small-scale fishers in the village of Mendwana in the...
by Masifundise | May 6, 2022 | climate change, Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, Events, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 12 April 2022, Masifundise hosted a successful strategy and planning workshop in preparation for a Fisher Peoples Tribunal to take place in 2023. The organisation has worked with rural small-scale fishing communities for the last 20 years, supporting mobilisation...
by Masifundise | May 6, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 22 and 23 April 2022, Masifundise in collaboration with the Legal Resource Centre (LRC), hosted a workshop with the 7 small-scale fishing communities of Dwesa-Cwebe. The purpose of the workshop was to get a sense of the challenges on the ground and to deepen...
by Masifundise | Apr 8, 2022 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Featured News, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
In March Masifundise hosted a roundtable in the coastal and inland fishing communities of Mazambane, Mtubatuba and Jozini in KwaZulu- Natal. These roundtables presented an important moment for small-scale fishers to engage with various stakeholders in their local...
by Masifundise | Apr 8, 2022 | climate change, Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 4th April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its third report titled, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of climate change. The most recent report provides instructions that need to occur with quick impact, to drastically reduce...
by Masifundise | Apr 8, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Inland fishing policy, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Inland small-scale fishers from the communities of Norvalspont, Gariep, Venterstad and Oviston gathered for a peaceful protest held outside the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) offices on Friday, 25 March. The marginalised and impoverished fishers from...
