by Masifundise | Oct 6, 2017 | Coastal Links, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
This was the message from Coastal Links leaders at the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive committee meeting held in Port St John’s 3-5 October 2017. From village to village the leaders reported their concerns about Operation Phakisa, the ocean economy, mining and...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2017 | Coastal Links, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Western Cape Coastal Links leaders from seventeen communities in the Western Cape held an important Provincial meeting in Paternoster and Langebaan from Tuesday 19 to September 21, to discuss issues affecting SSF ‘s, the organisation and specifically its future...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2017 | Coastal Links, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
On the 21st of September, Coastal Links KZN Provincial Executive Committee and a large number ol local members attended DAFF Imbizo in KwaSokhlu, KZN. The Imbizo, addressed by DAFF Minister Senzeni Zokwana and Deputy DG Siphokazi Ndudane, was strongly impacted...
by Masifundise | Mar 15, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process
A hard-fought struggle to have rights and traditional way of life restored for Langebaan fishers was pulled away from under fishers’ noses when the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) issued fishing permits with conditions for the 2017/2018...
by Masifundise | Mar 15, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Fishers in Langebaan are starting to feel like they are employed by the seals for free, with no salary and on top of it, they have to pay their own costs to get to work, according to Norton Dowries, vice chairperson of Coastal Links SA Langebaan Branch. Dowries said...
by Masifundise | Mar 15, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Events, Small-scale Fishing
“Let the children learn”, is what Christina Kopano, a CLSA leader from Mendwane will be embracing on Human Rights Day, March 21, 2017 when she takes children from Mendwane into the Dwesa Cwebe Marine Protected Area (MPA), in the Eastern Cape. Kopano has dedicated...
