Thousands of Small-Scale Fishers March on Parliament to Protest Unfair Treatment

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In 2009 this was the scene on the streets when fishers marched in Cape Town. Not much has changed except for the size of the crowd participating in the march. Photo: Stock

Frustration levels in South Africa’s small-scale fisheries are at boiling point. Today, thousands of small-scale fishers representing South Africa’s small scale fisheries, have marched in Cape Town. They are protesting that they are being treated unfairly which includes the withholding of rights. They are delivering a memorandum to Parliament which coincidently happens to be hosting a sitting of the National House of Traditional and Koi-San Leaders.

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