In July 2024, the DA was gifted executive control over the Fisheries & Environment department when they joined the Government of National Unity. Unlike any other political party, the DA had an extensive and detailed policy on the management and governance of fisheries and oceans.
Instead, over the past 18 months, the Democratic Alliance has squandered the opportunity so comprehensively that it boggles the mind.
Instead of even basic changes to governance that could support and promote economic growth in fisheries, the DA elected to continue implementing destructive and anti-fisher policies and litigation.
The DA keeps talking about fostering economic growth and reducing unemployment (like the ANC) but like the ANC, when loaned power by the electorate, it has chosen failure instead.
We are witnessing the catastrophic mismanagement of the Foot and Mouth Disease and the procurement of vaccines by the DA's leader himself as the Minister of Agriculture.
Is the DA under some kind of ANC-voodoo spell? Must we ask them to blink twice if they are being held hostage and need rescuing?
How hard can it be to implement immediate and tangible measures to spur fisheries growth; clearly implement its own adopted policies to provide clarity and certainty that would encourage investment in fishery sectors, such as the trawl fishery where average hull ages of these trawlers exceed 20-30 years.
Why does the DA refuse to implement its own fisheries and oceans policy?
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