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Masifundise’s Development Trust Coments on the Draft MLRA Amendment Bill
New Policy could change lives of small scale fishers
Appeal for Extension of Public Participation: An open letter the minister of Agriculture, Farming and Forestry.
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Coastal Links South Africa Chairperson’s Report 2012
Introduction Goeie naand aan al die dorpe teenwoordig, molweni neka, sanbonani and last but not the least good evening to all the towns present at our AGM. Good evening to all the Masifundise Board Members, our partners and all other distinguished guests. As I am now continuing in English I am doing something that reflects [...]
Fisher’s Net May/June Edition
We present to you the first edition of our quarterly newsletter for 2013. We have just emerged from our 2013 Annual General Meeting – the biggest in our history – and the first since the launch of Coastal Links as a national organisation. Speaking at the AGM, the Chairperson of the Board of Masifundise Development [...]
Landmark AGM
Delegates chart the way forward for small-scale fishers Representatives of Masifundise Development Trust and members of Coastal Links South Africa are putting in place implementation plans for the range of crucial resolutions that emerged from the 2013 Annual General Meeting. The joint Masifundise and Coastal Links AGM, held in Cape Town from 22 to 24 [...]
Masifundise Development Trust 2012 Annual Report
Our mission is to facilitate mobilisation and organisation of fishing communities at the grass roots level, in order for communities to become empowered and capable of taking part in political and economic decision making processes. This will facilitate good governance and enable fishing communities to secure their social, economic and political rights. Furthermore, our mission [...]
Working for the rights of small-scale fishers
This article appeared in the Muslim Views newspaper in April 2013 Edgar rises at 4am each day and walks down to the coast where he meets fellow fishermen Rasta, Johnson and Sandile. They huddle around their tiny little boat in the chilly autumn morning, talking about the prospects of going out to sea. All four [...]
Summary of Draft Policy by Masifundise Development Trust
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is on track and steadily moving ahead as it is embarking on the fishing rights allocations process. The consultative process is in full swing and has officially commenced last week as the Draft Revised General Policy on the Allocations and Management of Fishing Rights was released and [...]
Press statement by the World Forum of Fisher Peoples in response to the Global Partnership for Oceans
In a compelling ‘Call on Governments’ by the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), the organizations renounce the global push for the introduction of private property rights as a tool to manage the ocean’s fish resources. Instead, the organizations appeal governments to look towards [...]
Flawed interim policy offers little relief to fishers.
Masifundise wrote an opinion letter expressing deep concern about the mismanagement of the interim policy. The letter was published on March 3, 2013 in the Weekend Argus: Sunday Views, Page 22. Flawed interim policy offers little relief to fishers There are deep flaws in the management of the Interim Relief dispensation for small-scale fishers which [...]
Rest In Peace Mr. Zolile “Ghost” Ndindwa.
Dear friends It was with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Masifundise founder member and trustee Zolile “Ghost” Ndindwa. He died in a motor vehicle accident while travelling between Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, on Sunday , 24 February 2013. He devoted his life to the quest for universal justice and particularly [...]
Report – Fisheries Governance for Food Security:
Report – Fisheries Governance for Food Security: What lies behind the concept of Rights-Based Fisheries? Today, the governance failures are recognised and new solutions are sought to set the record straight and move toward sustainable fisheries. Both the EU and the World Bank proposes Rights-Based fisheries management as the solution, but evidence from some of [...]
Peter Cloete Relief Fund
In honor of Oom Peter Cloete – Ebenhaezer, who died at sea on the 30 March 2010.
Peter Cloete, fondly known as Oom Peter was a fisher from Ebenhaeser - a small fishing community along the Olifantsriver on the North West Coast of South Africa. He was both a fisher and a community leader and took the defense of his communities fishing tradition very seriously. Read More
