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 29, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
The first list of verified fishers have been released by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on August 26, and on all accounts it seemed not have been favourable towards hundreds of fishers from the Northern Cape towns of Port Nolloth and...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Coastal Links member Rowina Marthinus from Aniston and Masifundise’s field worker for KwazuluNatal Lindani Ngubane this week returned from a festival in Italy where they did a presentation on South Africa’s small-scale fisheries (ssf) policy. The Slow Food Festival is...
by Masifundise | Sep 21, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
By Sam Masinga Enkovukeni, a community that is home to 19 or so families is an island belt located in the far north of KwazuluNatal; just a few kilometres south of the Mozambican border. The most isolated community at the iSimangaliso World Heritage site, resides in a...
by Masifundise | Sep 21, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Bona fide fishers who have registered to be part of the Small-Scale sector are urged to appeal if they find that they have not qualified to benefit from the Small-Scale Fisheries Policy. DAFF is currently embarking on a process of accepting appeals from the Northern...
