All the
fishing towns, communities and villages, have been severely affected by
government policies that have prevented thousands of fisherman from fishing and
providing for their families. The current policies have destroyed the lives of hundreds
of thousands of people. Fishermen all along our coastline are being fined and
arrested for trying to make a living and keep their families alive.
These
inhumane policies have opened the doors to international fishing corporations
that deplete our coastlines of fish, destroying the ecosystem, and do not
benefit the people of South Africa in any way. They export our fish while
making billions of Rands profit for international shareholders, while our
people go hungry or are put in jail for trying to survive from the sea.
These
current policies protect the rights of the corporations and destroy the lives
of honest, hard working human beings. Once again this indicates that the rights
international corporations are protected vigorously while the rights of humans
are being destroyed. Our Bill of Rights is not worth the paper it is written
on.
This
unlawful and unconstitutional activity will be reversed immediately by the
UBUNTU Party and our fisherman and marine experts will play an equally
important role alongside the farmers to provide food for the people in
abundance and beyond our wildest imagination. This is very simple to achieve by
those who know how – not politicians.
The
fishermen will be seen as the heroes of the land because they provide a crucially
important part of our diet while protecting and maintaining our beautiful
coastline.
Plan of Action
- Every coastal town, city and village will play a crucial role in the fisheries sector.
- This will also include other fish farms and fish breeding areas, like trout farms, crocodile breeding and others, that are not necessarily on the coast.
- This activity will include fishing, research, conservation, breeding, packaging, shipping and other activities that will become necessary as this sector becomes reactivated and new needs are identified by the fishing communities and the people they supply.
- As with the farming sector, the Ubuntu Party will give the people involved all the technical support required and provide all the tools and expertise necessary to allow this sector to grow rapidly and deliver according to the needs of the people. Not the needs of international shareholders.
- We will provide marine biologists, scientist, researchers, breeders, conservationists and more to maximise the success of the fisheries and related sectors on all levels.
- There will be an immediate ban on any foreign trawlers or fishing boats of any kind within the coastal waters of South Africa, while restoring our ecosystem and providing food for the people.
- The coastal towns will be encouraged to diversify and start to produce all kinds of marine and fresh water produce that was previously not financially viable. Since money is not going to be hurdle to progress, everything will be possible.
- We will support the upgrading of existing research facilities with the latest technology available and create new facilities where there is a need with immediate effect.
- This activity will also include the upgrading and expanding of aquariums and other marine aquatic centres, for the purposes of rehabilitation, healing, education, research and more.
- Our fishing towns and villages will provide sea food for the people in abundance and beyond our wildest imagination.
VIVA UBUNTU – PROSPERITY FOR ALL
