De Lille announces 300 jobs victory for West Coast fishing village
24-07-2007,15H45: 300 JOBS will be created in Saldanha Bay due to the intervention of the ID and its President, Patricia de Lille.
Ms De Lille made the announcement minutes ago in Veldrift, in effect
confirming the approval for conclusion of lease agreements for
Aquaculture mussel farming in Saldanha Bay, which will be finalised
within the next month.
‘The ID was approached by a Black Economic Empowerment company, Masiza, who applied about 18 months ago for a lease agreement to start Aquaculture mussel farming in the sea outside Saldhana Bay,’ President De Lille says.
The ID President and the ID spokesperson on environmental affairs and energy, Lance Greyling, have travelled the length and breadth of the West and South Coast fishing villages for months in an effort to discuss solutions for the fisher people that have been left destitute due to the transformation of the fishing quota system.
‘Members of Masiza are in the meeting now and they are elated that their dream has finally been realised. There were a standing ovation and a great sense of relief,’ President De Lille said on the phone from Veldrift.
After Masiza had notified her of their problem, De Lille contacted Martinus van Schalkwyk, the Minister of Environmental Affairs, ‘and he put pressure on the National Port Authority to finalise this project.’
Ms De Lille and Greyling have also repeatedly met with Minister Martinus van Schalkwyk in an effort to pressure his department into providing a safety net for those fisher people left destitute by the quota system.
‘This is the first major breakthrough in terms of finding alternative employment for traditional fisher people that lost out on fishing quotas and it gives us tremendous hope for the future,’ De Lille said.
Released by ID President Patricia de Lille – 084 777 2065
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‘The ID was approached by a Black Economic Empowerment company, Masiza, who applied about 18 months ago for a lease agreement to start Aquaculture mussel farming in the sea outside Saldhana Bay,’ President De Lille says.
The ID President and the ID spokesperson on environmental affairs and energy, Lance Greyling, have travelled the length and breadth of the West and South Coast fishing villages for months in an effort to discuss solutions for the fisher people that have been left destitute due to the transformation of the fishing quota system.
‘Members of Masiza are in the meeting now and they are elated that their dream has finally been realised. There were a standing ovation and a great sense of relief,’ President De Lille said on the phone from Veldrift.
After Masiza had notified her of their problem, De Lille contacted Martinus van Schalkwyk, the Minister of Environmental Affairs, ‘and he put pressure on the National Port Authority to finalise this project.’
Ms De Lille and Greyling have also repeatedly met with Minister Martinus van Schalkwyk in an effort to pressure his department into providing a safety net for those fisher people left destitute by the quota system.
‘This is the first major breakthrough in terms of finding alternative employment for traditional fisher people that lost out on fishing quotas and it gives us tremendous hope for the future,’ De Lille said.
Released by ID President Patricia de Lille – 084 777 2065
Issued by the ID Media Office
Steven Otter – 084 233 3811
