by Masifundise | Apr 25, 2024 | Featured News, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
On 3 April 2024 Solene Smith, a cherished member of Coastal Links and a devoted community activist in Langebaan, passed away. She passed away in the early hours of the morning, following a week-long battle in the hospital after a tragic fall. Solene was a founding...
by Masifundise | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
For immediate release 14 March 2024 Yesterday, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) issued a statement to justify their decision regarding the traditional linefish total allowable effort (TAE) for the 2024/2025 fishing season. Masifundise...
by Masifundise | Feb 28, 2024 | climate change, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Inland fishing policy, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 22 February, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s (DFFE) national inland fisheries hosted a roundtable in Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal. The meeting provided a platform for inland small-scale fishers in the area to discuss issues around access to the...
by Masifundise | Feb 28, 2024 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Small-scale fishers from the Dwesa-Cwebe communities in the Eastern Cape have faced ongoing violations to their right to conduct livelihood activities. Thobile Mpunzi, together with Mandilakhe Ndabeni and Vuyisani Ndlumdini are local fishers from Mpume village who...
by Masifundise | Feb 28, 2024 | climate change, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Toward the end of January 2024, raging fires spread through areas in the Overstrand in the Western Cape. Fishing communities that have been affected by these fires include Kleinmond, Pearly Beach, Hermanus and Buffeljagsbaai. The Buffeljags fire started on 29 January...
by Masifundise | Feb 28, 2024 | climate change, Customary Rights, Events, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook, WFFP
Earlier this month the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, released his latest report titled, Fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change and will present it at the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) at...
