by Masifundise | Dec 1, 2020 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 7 September 2019, the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), Barbara Creecy, held a stakeholders meeting with West Coast fishers in Lamberts Bay to engage with and respond to fisheries related issues from the various coastal communities and...
by Masifundise | Nov 3, 2020 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Featured News, Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 22 October 2020, Masifundise kicked off the first leg of their COVID-19 roadshow and Socio-Economic Rights Project in the Eastern Cape. After months of being unable to conduct fieldwork, this roadshow provided Masifundise with the opportunity to physically reaffirm...
by Masifundise | Oct 16, 2020 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
Masifundise held a long-awaited virtual meeting with the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries on 8 October to address various obstacles holding up the cooperative registration process. The meeting was a result of many engagements with small-scale fishing...
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 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Latest News, The Hook
Fourteen civil society organisations, including Masifundise, hosted a media briefing on 17 September to highlight the water crisis in parts of the country, especially the Eastern Cape. People in water scarce communities are forced to drink contaminated water while...
by Masifundise | Sep 30, 2020 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Following the promulgation of the Small-scale Fishing Policy (SSFP) in 2012, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) began registering new cooperatives along the coastline in 2016. From the beginning of the process, small-scale fishing (SSF)...
