SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Naseegh Jaffer

16 November 2023 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Comrades, After more than two decades of serving Masifundise, Naseegh Jaffer has decided to stand down as Director as of the 31 January 2024. His decision to make way for new leadership to drive the new strategic direction of...

Media Statement: Further Reduction in WCRL allocation Raises Alarms and Uncertainty Among Small-Scale Fishers in Western Cape

For immediate release 9 November 2023 This year, as in previous years, the Western Cape small-scale fishers are under distress after the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) announced a 16.43% reduction of the West Coast Rock Lobster Total...

MASIFUNDISE STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA FISHERFOLK AND THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE

Masifundise condemns the human rights violations against the Palestinian people in Gaza following 7 October 2023. Specifically, we stand in solidarity with the fisherfolk in the Gaza strip whose right to food and the ability to feed their families have been violated...

PRESS STATEMENT: Is this an environment minister applying her mind to care for the ocean? or Total madness?

1 October 2023 PRESS STATEMENT Is this an environment minister applying her mind to care for the ocean? or Total madness? The last few days of September, ahead of the start of Marine Month in South Africa, left ocean defenders shocked and reeling in disbelief as...

MEDIA STATEMENT: Small-scale fishers in South Africa do not support oil and gas development on their oceans

To: All media Date: 17 May 2023 Subject:  Small-scale fishers in South Africa do not support oil and gas development on their oceans On 16 May 2023 the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Gwede Mantashe, presented his Budget Vote Speech 2023/24 to...

Small-scale fishers act after being charged for trespassing their own land

Three small-scale fishers from eMpume village in the Eastern Cape, laid charges of harassment against Dwesa-Cwebe nature reserve rangers who shot at the them while conducting livelihood activities last year. The shooting led to the significant injury of Thobile...
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