by Masifundise | Nov 3, 2020 | Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Masifundise is excited to announce their research partnership and collaboration with the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of Western Cape. This research will explore the impacts of Covid-19 responses on African food systems in...
by Masifundise | Sep 16, 2020 | Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Fishers in Saldanha Bay have opened a case of theft with the local police after a marketer allegedly took their permit and exported 1850kg of crayfish without their permission. This happened at the beginning of this year, predating the onset of the Coronavirus...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Events, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, WFFP
On the 12 of March 2018, the General Meeting of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) will start in Cape Town. The IPC Sovereignty is an autonomous and self-organised global platform of small-scale food producers and rural workers...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Recently, the South African government has been actively rolling out its Small-scale Fishing Policy across four coastal provinces – the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Northern Cape, But, for small-scale fishers to benefit from livelihood...
by Masifundise | Dec 18, 2017 | Coastal Links, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing
Transition – moving from the known to the unknown – is never easy but, necessary if an organization wants to position itself to respond to emerging social, economic, political, environmental, and institutional challenges. And, if 23 years of democratic transition in...
by Masifundise | Dec 8, 2017 | Coastal Links, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
The 10th Anniversary of the Equality Court Order that forced the then Minister of Fisheries, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk to amend the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) so that thousands of Small- Scale Fishers (SSF) along the South African coastline could be recognised,...
