The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries affairs’s Female Entrepreneur Awards (FEA) programme started 13 years ago.
The government wants the country’s poorest communities to be able to produce food or fish for their own consumption.
Armed with hoes and spades, women are taking the lead in the fight for food security and the eradication of poverty.
The recent proposed amendments to the Marine Living Resources Act seek to sustain South Africa’s fishing resources.