| Title | Fishing for Justice |
| Director(s) | Pamela Ngwenya, Sinini Ngwenya |
| Date released (year) | 2010 |
| Production company | Malinga Productions |
| Length | 17.25 mins |
| Location | Durban, South Africa |
| Keywords/tags | Neoliberalism, privatisation, protest |
| Link to film | https://vimeo.com/10840958 |
| Synopsis | Short video documenting the voices of Durban’s fisherfolk and conveying their plight. Presented by the Centre for Civil Society. |
| Reviews/discussion | From Amanda Dray’s 2009 thesis on the same topic:
In today’s globalised world, countries including South Africa, are pursuing neoliberal economic policies which have many negative effects on ordinary citizens. One such effect is the privatisation of public space which is an important resource for all citizens. (…) the privatisation of public space along the Durban coast and the subsequent loss of fishing sites for local subsistence fishers. (…) these fishers are being excluded from using public resources along the coast and thereby prevented from making a living. Most of the spaces that have been privatised are being transformed into upmarket developments or used to further trade through the expansion of the Durban Harbour. (…) In response, the fishers have established the KwaZulu-Natal Subsistence Fishermen’s Forum in order to mobilise against the broader processes of exclusion and marginalisation resulting from neoliberal pro-growth development policies. Their strategies include protest, deliberation with the state, and striking alliances with other social movements in a broader process of anti-globalisation struggle. Source: http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10413/276 |
| Links to other resources | Dray, Amanda. (2009) The politics of the privatisation of public space : the subsistence fishers of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, found at: http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10413/276
Bay of Plenty: https://ejoltdocumentaries.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/the-bay-of-plenty/ South Durban Community Environmental Alliance: http://www.sdcea.co.za/ BBC on privatising the oceans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13361822 |
