@masifundisedt.bsky.social
Research, Advocacy, Organisation and Community Building, Information and Awareness for the livelihoods of the small-scale fishing communities in South Africa.
🇿🇦 In #SouthAfrica, decades of anti-apartheid struggle have enabled traditional #fishers to win legal recognition and continue their fight for collective rights, equity, and sustainability along the coast—supported by grassroots movements like @masifundisedt.bsky.social.
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Here is the route for tomorrow!
#WildCoastVsShell #right2saynocampaign
#notooilandgas #FishersRights
#wecannoteatoilandgas #notoextractivism
Join us for a MARCH and MASS DEMONSTRATION to the Constitutional Court in matter of Wild Coast Communities vs Shell✊🌊
#WildCoastVsShell #right2saynocampaign
#notooilandgas #FishersRights
#wecannoteatoilandgas #notoextractivism
On 16–17 September 2025, the #ConstitutionalCourt will hear the landmark case #WildCoastCommunitiesvsShell
This case marks a historic moment in SA's struggle for environmental and socio-economic justice for #fishingcommunities. #WildCoastVsShell #notooilandgas
Read: tinyurl.com/2p9zyewa
In a place where children are starving, those risking their lives to provide food are being criminalised. This is a clear violation of human rights. Food must never be weaponised.
Masifundise calls for an immediate ceasefire and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.
#Humanrights #FreePalestine
Under Israel's strict restrictions on access to Gaza’s fishing waters, fisher people face constant threats of gunfire, harassment, and arrest if they cross the imposed boundaries.
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The United Nations has issued a warning that 14 000 children in Gaza are at risk of dying within the next 24 hours due to famine. As hunger becomes more widespread, fishers in Gaza who have been depending on the sea for many years are being violently targeted for trying to survive.
23.05.2025 11:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Today, Masifundise will be taking part in the discussion "Conservation for what and for who? Exploring the challenges between conservation and agrarian justice."
📅 22 May 2025
⏰16:00 -18:00
vu.nl/en/events/20...
The Fisher People Tribunal Verdict is out now!
In August 2024, fisher people from 5 provinces gathered in Kalk Bay to highlight the injustices facing SA’s coastal and inland fishing communities. Read the full verdict, case reports & testimonies here:
🔗 masifundise.org/fisher-people-tribunal
Join us for the online launch of the South Africa #FisherPeopleTribunal Jury Verdict on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 3PM SAST ✊
The jury will deliver the verdict following the August 2024 Hearings.
🔗Join using this link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/6856626508...
Last week, fishers from the South Coast (Western Cape) region gathered in Arniston for a regional meeting focused on identifying key advocacy and capacity-building priorities. #fisherpeople #fishingsrights #humanrights
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READ| "Fisher people in South Africa are already struggling with declining stocks of key fish species they depend on, compounded by the impacts of climate change. The last thing they need is another industry that disregards their wellbeing."
Read more: www.environewsnigeria.com/groups-rejec...
📽️Fishing communities are facing increasing threats from exploration activities, which jeopardise their livelihoods and the health of the oceans.
🔗Watch here: shorturl.at/zJC65
This week, we had the first regional meeting in Port St Johns and later in the South of KZN. Communities came together to discuss challenges in fishing communities. A key moment was mapping traditional fishing grounds, which highlighted the deep connection #fisherpeople have with the #ocean
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🚨We're #hiring! 🚨
Masifundise seeks to employ a Project Officer for a six (6) month period for the Western and Northern Cape regions of its work.
🔗For more info visit: www.masifundise.org/project-offi...
#MediaAlert
Urgent Call for Infrastructure Support for Aukotowa Small-Scale Fisheries Cooperative
🔗See the official letter from Aukotowa SSF Co-operative: tinyurl.com/4se6wvsc
