by Masifundise | Jun 10, 2022 | Customary Rights, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Dwesa-Cwebe lies between East London and Port St Johns (Eastern Cape) divided into Cwebe to the east and Dwesa to the south-west of the Mbhashe River. The Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area (MPA), stretches 14 km along the length of the two reserves,...
by Masifundise | Jun 10, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 17 May 2022 Masifundise attended a community meeting hosted by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE). This meeting came as a result of continued harassment and violence meted out against small-scale fishers in the village of Mendwana in the...
by Masifundise | May 6, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 22 and 23 April 2022, Masifundise in collaboration with the Legal Resource Centre (LRC), hosted a workshop with the 7 small-scale fishing communities of Dwesa-Cwebe. The purpose of the workshop was to get a sense of the challenges on the ground and to deepen...
by Masifundise | Feb 18, 2022 | Customary Rights, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
On 1 February 2022 Philasande Qhangaqha and his 3 friends went fishing in the Mbashe River to catch fish and mussels when they were accosted by 9 Dwesa Nature Reserve rangers. These rangers, that had no identifying name tags, assaulted this group of young fishers as...
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 | Nov 23, 2021 | Customary Rights, Events, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Media Statements, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, The Hook
On 12 November 2021, 24-year-old Thulani Mdluli and his three friends, all local fishers from the traditional fishing community of Nibela went fishing in the upper reaches of St Lucia. The Nibela community has lived on the Nibela peninsula for several hundred years,...
