by Masifundise | Nov 13, 2024 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
For immediate release 13 November 2024 Masifundise and 12 small-scale fishing cooperatives from the Western Cape and Northern Cape calls on the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) to extend the exemption allowing small-scale fishers (SSFs) to...
by Masifundise | Nov 5, 2024 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Featured News, Human Rights, Inland fishing policy, Latest News, Media Statements, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
For immediate release 5 November 2024 From 23-25 October 2024, Masifundise and Coastal Links hosted the largest Fisher People’s Conference of the past decade, bringing together over 85 fisher representatives from coastal and inland communities across South Africa,...
by Masifundise | May 17, 2024 | Coastal Links, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Media Statements, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
For immediate release 17 May 2024 On Friday, 17 May 2024 Masifundise will be at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein supporting Eastern Cape Coastal Links small-scale fishers who are applicants in the Shell case. Wild coast communities and supporting...
by Masifundise | Feb 21, 2024 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
The small-scale fishing (SSF) communities of South Africa express deep dissatisfaction with the allocation provided to the SSF sector by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE). The current allocation falls notably short of the commitments...
by Masifundise | Nov 10, 2023 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
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...
by Masifundise | Dec 8, 2022 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 2 November Minister Barbara Creecy and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) engaged with coastal and inland small-scale fishing communities from the Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal at Masifundise’s annual National...