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)...
by Masifundise | Apr 3, 2019 | Latest News, Media Statements
MASIFUNDISE Development Trust’s transition shifted into fifth gear this week, with five excited interns joining the engaging team. This move follows hot on the heels of another capacity boost for the civil society organization, with the appointment of...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Recently, the South African government has been actively rolling out its Small-scale Fishing Policy across four coastal provinces – the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Northern Cape, But, for small-scale fishers to benefit from livelihood...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Coastal Links KZN leaders and fishers are in shock. They have realised that DAFF’s understanding of the words ‘co-operative’, ‘co-management’ and ‘human rights’ is not the same as theirs. Fishing communities in this province have been waiting for the implementation of...
by Masifundise | Dec 22, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Featured News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Co-management is central to South Africa’s SSF Policy, which was the result of years of struggle, advocacy and engagement with government by small-scale fishers. The task now is to support a kind of co-management that reflects the values and principles of South...
by Masifundise | Dec 18, 2017 | Coastal Links, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing
Transition – moving from the known to the unknown – is never easy but, necessary if an organization wants to position itself to respond to emerging social, economic, political, environmental, and institutional challenges. And, if 23 years of democratic transition in...
