Call for Fisheries Minister to Shake Up the Industry

It seems the Fisherman’s Alliance is in agreement with South Africa’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries minister, Senzeni Zokwana. He told a gathering at an ANC gala dinner in Port Elizabeth last week that black fishermen would no longer be sidelined and excluded from the sector.

According to a Heraldlive.co.za newspaper report, Zokwana said: “We make no apology when we call for land to be expropriated without compensation, and as a department we make no apologies in making sure that fishing rights are given to those who may not have participated in the past.

“The time has come for our people to no longer queue for employment but to be job creators in the fishing industry.”