Fishing Community Profile: Port Nolloth

Port Nolloth jetty (2022) Port Nolloth is a coastal town located in in the Namaqualand region on the north western coast of South Africa, 144 km northwest of Springbok. The town was established in 1854 as a small-vessel harbour for the copper-mining industry, and...

Small-scale fishers committed to halt oil and gas mining on the coast

On 25-28 September small-scale fishing communities and civil society organisations advocating against extractive activities in coastal communities attended the national oil and gas workshop hosted by the Green Connection in Saldanha Bay. This is the third oil and gas...

New process underway to allocate small-scale fishing rights in Western Cape

On the 5 September, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) announced that the Western Cape High Court has reviewed and set aside the 2016-2019 process of verification of Small-scale Fishers in the Western Cape province. Last year, Forestry,...

SSF Summit in Rome examines implementation of SSF Guidelines

On 2-3 September, Masifundise as part of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) attended the SSF Summit hosted by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. This summit facilitated dialogue between SSF social...

Western Cape and Northern Cape youth attend winter activist school

From the 28 August to 2 September 2022, Masifundise hosted its second youth activist school in Kleinmond, Western Cape. The winter school comprised of youth members from the small-scale fishing communities in Northern Cape and Western Cape, as well as Coastal Links...

A victory for small-scale fishers and fishing communities of the Wild Coast!

On 1 September, the High Court in Makhanda ruled against Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa. The court ruled that Shell’s oil and gas exploration right was granted unlawfully. The case sought to examine the...
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