by Masifundise | Oct 5, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
A small-scale fisher from Keurtjieskloof along the Vanderkloof Dam in the Northern Cape writes about the lives and struggles of the fisherfolk. Masifundise and Coastal Links South Africa are working with small-scale fishers in the area. I live behind the hill There...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Representatives of more than 4 000 small-scale fishers countrywide today took a unanimous decision to launch a mass campaign to secure their basic human rights. About 70 representatives from Coastal Links South Africa branches in more than 100 coastal communities...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Government should assist communities in forming and sustaining cooperatives to limit the potential of cooperative failure in small-scale fishing communities. This is a sentiment expressed by delegates at a national workshop held in Cape Town this week. The delegates,...
by Masifundise | Sep 14, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Members of the small-scale fishing community of Enkovukeni in the north of KwaZulu-Natal, and who lives in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, received a boat from the Department of Transport and the South African Marine Safety Authority (SAMSA), on Friday September 9. The...
by Masifundise | Sep 8, 2016 | Coastal Links, Small-scale Fishing
Nonoti, KwazuluNatal: The place of Kob, Garrick and beautiful coastlines Nonoti Community is situated on a 400 hectare piece of land returned to its people by Tongaat Hulett and the Bodasingh family. The community of Nonoti is formed by 300 households. It is...
