by Masifundise | Jan 27, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Small-scale Fishing
In late 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN issued an urgent Press Release, warning that more than 6.5million people in Southern Africa face massive food insecurity due to the effects of the El Nino phenomena. According to FAO, this will mainly...
by Masifundise | Dec 2, 2015 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Media Statements, Policy Process
Fishers took to the Arniston Slipway Harbour on Saturday, November 28 to hand over a memorandum to DAFF officials. Since 2007, fishers from Arniston and other areas on the South and West coasts, have been issued with Interim Relief permits that excluded bona fide...
by Masifundise | Nov 26, 2015 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
By Rovina Europa (Community elected representative of the Arniston Fishers) And Christian Adams (Chairperson, Coastal Links South Africa) “It is very difficult for us to understand the state of affairs that is currently prevailing in the Department of Agriculture,...
by Masifundise | Nov 4, 2015 | Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Coastal Links leader comes from long line of KZN South Coast fishers ISRAEL Mbhele has always been a fisherman, because he comes from a fishing family, who lived along the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) South Coast for many generations. Mbhele’s father was a fisherman, and he...
by Masifundise | Oct 21, 2015 | Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
A delegation from Masifundise Development Trust visited the Northern Cape this week to assess progress with a fishery project designed to benefit small-scale fishers in and around the Vanderkloof Dam. The main focus of Masifundise and Coastal Links South Africa (CLSA)...