by Masifundise | May 3, 2022 | Events, Featured News, Latest News, Vacancies
Masifundise is a civil society organisation with a long track record in the small-scale fishing sector. Its aim is to promote and advance Food Sovereignty in small-scale fishing communities in South Africa, and globally. It aims to do this by empowering fishers and...
by Masifundise | Mar 1, 2022 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Events, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Media statement To: All media Issued by: Masifundise Development Trust Date: 1 March 2022 Subject: Searcher Seismic loses bid to appeal interdict halting seismic blasting in the West Coast Today, in a momentous victory for small-scale fishing communities, the...
by Masifundise | Dec 13, 2021 | Customary Rights, Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On Saturday, 11 December 2021 the Vaalplaas community of Paternoster received their long-awaited title deed handover. The Vaalplaas land claimants tell a story of a series of injustices. The systematic dispossession of their rights and the land settled on by their...
by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | Coastal Links, Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Masifundise Development Trust welcomes Nico Waldeck, experienced community development practitioner in the small-scale sector, as the newest board member. Waldeck worked at Masifundise for over a decade as a Community Development Worker for coastal communities in the...
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 | Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Inland fishing policy, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Masifundise hosted its first virtual launch for the Inland Fisheries Report and Documentary on the 28 October 2021. The event explored the challenges in enhancing the right to food, livelihoods and recognition for inland small-scale fishing (ISSF) communities. The...
