by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | Coastal Links, Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Masifundise Development Trust welcomes Nico Waldeck, experienced community development practitioner in the small-scale sector, as the newest board member. Waldeck worked at Masifundise for over a decade as a Community Development Worker for coastal communities in the...
by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Shell announced it will start a seismic survey in search of oil or gas deposits from Morgan Bay to Port St Johns on 1 December. On 5 December, small-scale fishing communities from Kosi Bay to Saldanha Bay gathered to protest against the seismic survey undertaken by...
by Masifundise | Dec 10, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 15 November 2021 Masifundise hosted its very first youth activist school in Durban. This school comprised of 30 youth members from the coastal communities of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape as well as Coastal Links veteran leadership. Throughout the week,...
by Masifundise | Nov 19, 2021 | climate change, Coastal Links, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
The water stressed community of Centane in the Eastern Cape, returned to the Mthatha High Court on 12 November after government failed to provide a plan to address the crippling problem. The community is supported by Masifundise and the Centre for Environmental...
by Masifundise | Oct 22, 2021 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Earlier this month, members of Coastal Links in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) gathered in Richards Bay for four days to discuss the state of small-scale fishing in the province. Much of the discussion was around the meeting with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the...
by Masifundise | Oct 19, 2021 | Coastal Links, Events, Featured News, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
For immediate release 19 Oct 2021 Western Cape small-scale fishers are up in arms after the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) cut their rock lobster allocation to 35kg as part of the Interim Relief dispensation for ...
