Fishing

Eastern Cape fishers welcome issuing of fishing rights

“We have achieved this milestone after a long struggle”

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Brief | 18 November 2019

Durban lifts ban on fishing in its harbour

Port authority says use the port at your own risk because the water has not been declared fully safe

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Brief | 7 June 2019

New black fishing association launched

Chokka fishermen complain about working conditions

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Brief | 21 November 2018

Fisheries department rots from the top

A factional war lays bare a culture of corruption

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Feature | 12 November 2018

Cops killed Hout Bay fisherman, witnesses say

Durick van Blerk has been missing since 11 August

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News | 27 August 2018

Cops probed over missing fisherman

Police watchdog opens cases of attempted murder

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News | 16 August 2018

Hout Bay protest turns violent after poaching death

Hangberg residents accuse law enforcement of shooting Durick van Blerk

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News | 12 August 2018

Court gives community right to fish without permit

Landmark judgment for customary rights

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Law | 6 June 2018

How fishing in a Western Cape town is dying

“Our people have lived off the river for years … but fish don’t come here anymore”

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Feature | 8 December 2017

We don’t have money or staff, says fisheries department

MPs told directorate can’t implement co-operatives policy

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Parliament | 13 November 2017

Diving for abalone among the great white sharks

Impoverished Gansbaai residents risk death to supply illicit trade

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Feature | 11 October 2017

Fishers march into government offices

Call for crayfish quotas to be allocated to nearshore fishers and not large commercial fisheries

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Brief | 22 September 2017

Hout Bay residents call for solidarity with Hangberg

Solemn protest on International Day of Peace demands housing and fishing rights

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Brief | 22 September 2017

Fishing quotas killed Waylon, say Hawston residents

25-year-old drowned trying to learn to dive for abalone

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Feature | 20 September 2017

Chokka fishers struggle to survive in lean times

Separated for long periods from their families, the fishers eke out a meagre living catching squid

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Photo Essay | 19 September 2017