When one considers that Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, taking up 20% of the Earth’s land area and accounting for 14% of the world’s population, the question of whether it can be covered by one person should be ludicrous. And yet the question remains relevant because many international newspapers have only one person covering all the news on the continent.
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Tuesday gave an undertaking to sceptical representatives of the Western Cape fishing industry that he will ensure fishing quotas are allocated in an open and honest way. He was addressing several hundred members of the fishing community.