by Masifundise | May 10, 2021 | Events, Food Sovereignty, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, The Hook
On 3 May 2021 the Advisory Group for the Vanderkloof Experimental Fisheries Management Project (EFMP), met with small-scale kraal fishers from Vanderkloof as well as other stakeholders regarding the development of the project and the EFMP final report. This project...
by Masifundise | Mar 26, 2021 | Customary Rights, Events, Food Sovereignty, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
21 March marked the annual Human Rights day in South Africa. This day provided the important opportunity to reflect on progress made on the advancement and protection of human rights as well as confront the failures. Masifundise and Coastal Links South Africa (CLSA),...
by Masifundise | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 27 January 2021 the Northern Cape was hit by cyclone Eloise. This cyclone left carnage in its path, uprooting trees, destroying roads and threatening the livelihoods of inland fishers in Gariep, Vanderkloof, Norvalspont, Venterstad and Oviston. The overflowing of...
by Masifundise | Nov 3, 2020 | Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On Monday 26 October 2020, representatives of inland small-scale fishing communities from Vanderkloof Dam, Gariep Dam and Jozini Dam participated in the National Roundtable on the Inland Fisheries Policy, hosted by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries...
by Masifundise | Oct 16, 2020 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
After seven months of lock down Masifundise is finally able to physically go back to conducting field work in various inland and coastal small-scale fishing communities. When the lockdown hit South Africa in March, Masifundise was forced to reconfigure its work plan...
by Masifundise | Sep 30, 2020 | Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
After six months of being barred from entering the Rolfontein and Oviston Nature Reserve, fishers in Norvalspont and Petrusville have finally been granted access to fish in their fishing grounds. The closure of these nature reserves resulted in a major loss of income...
