Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) is drawing its members’ attention to the proposed reopening of the land restitution claims process. It provides information documents on its website to landowners. The documents are recent and up to date. They reflect new provisions introduced by the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill as well as the new Expropriation Bill. For more information visit http://www.wrsa.co.za
Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) vestig hul lede se aandag op die voorgenome heropening van die grond teruggawe eisproses. Dit verskaf inligtingsdokumente vir grondeienaars op hul webwerf. Die dokumente is nuut en op datum. Dit bevat nuwe bepalings wat met die Restitusie van Grondregte Konsep Wysigingswet, sowel as die nuwe Onteienings Konsepwet voorgestel is. Vir meer inligting besoek http://www.wrsa.co.za.
RhinoDot Com is an information and network-oriented campaign that lobbies for the legalization of rhino horn. It recently compiled a document that addresses some of the interesting criticisms they receive against a proposed legal trade in rhino horn. These can be downloaded via the association for game farmers, Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) website at: http://www.wrsa.co.za/news/item/401-criticisms-of-a-legal-trade-in-rhino-horn
RhinoDot Com is ‘n inligting en netwerk georienteerde veldtog wat ondersteuning vir die wettiging van handel met renoster horing werf. Dit het onlangs ‘n dokument saamgestel wat sommige van die interessant kritiek aanspreek wat hulle teen die voorgestelde wettiging van handel met renoster horing ontvang het. Dit kan afgelaai word van die wildboere se vereniging, Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) se webwerf: http://www.wrsa.co.za/news/item/401-criticisms-of-a-legal-trade-in-rhino-horn
Hierdie September behoort die jagbedryf fees te vier.
Nie net omdat dit lente is, of omdat die jagseisoen in hoogste rat is nie. Maar omdat ‘n buffel bul, met horings van meer as 50 duim op ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse veiling vir meer as US$ 4 miljoen verkoop is.
Dit mag gek lyk – en ongeag of jy teen of ten gunste van wildteling is – die waarde van teeldiere met top horinglengtes, die bereidwilligheid van die vermoeënde mense om in die bedryf te belê en, uiteindelik, hoe dit als op die waarde van jag dui, kon nie ‘n duidelike boodskap gekry het nie. Maar, ten spite van sommige mense se skynbaar onbevredigbare behoefte om te jag en om trofeediere te jag – span en werk die jagbedryf in Afrika nie saam nie. Dit bevorder die voordele van die jagbedryf ook nie naastenby so goed as wat dit behoort te doen nie. Dit mis doodeenvoudig die geleenthede om regtig goeie boodskappe oor te dra.
Hierdie maand was so ‘n geleentheid. Die bedryf het dit verspeel.
Ons vertrou dat u die nuus en inligting in hierdie maand se bulletin geniet het.
– Richard Lendrum
This September, the hunting industry should be celebrating.
Not just because it is spring, or the hunting season is in top gear. But because a buffalo bull, with horns of over 50 inches was sold at an auction in South Africa for US $4m.
Crazy as that may seem – and whether you are for or against the breeding of wildlife – the value of large-horned beasts for breeding, the willingness of the wealthy to invest in the industry and, ultimately, how this all points back to the value of hunting, could not have got a more clear signal. Yet, despite some people’s apparently insatiable desire to hunt – and hunt trophy beasts – the hunting industry across Africa does not work together. Nor does it promote the benefit of hunting as an industry anywhere near to what it could. It simply misses opportunities to tell a really good story.
This month was one such opportunity.
We hope you enjoy the news and information in this month’s bulletin.
– Richard Lendrum
The SAA has changed to a baggage policy that restricts the number of pieces of baggage a passenger may check in.
The new rules, applicable from 5 September 2013, limits and defines the number of baggage pieces a passenger may check-in, as well as the weight restrictions for each piece, according to route and class of travel. The excess baggage will be charged at a flat rate per rule broken, per piece. This means that if a piece of baggage is both overweight and oversize, two excess baggage charges will apply. Weight/size restrictions apply to all baggage pieces, including additional pieces over and above the baggage allowance. In addition, and to comply with airport loading equipment limits, SAA cannot accept any check-in items weighing more than 32kg. Passengers travelling on multi-sector/multi-carrier tickets and SAA code-share partner flights, i.e. tickets purchased from SAA for a flight with an SA flight number, but operated by another airline, should check with the other airlines to see which baggage policy is applicable. Details of the new policy can be viewed at www.flysaa.com.
Die SAL het sy baggasiebeleid verander om die aantal stukke wat ‘n passassier mag inboek te beperk.
Die nuwe reels wat vanaf 5 September 2013 geld, beperk en omskryf die aantal baggasiestukke wat ‘n passasier mag inboek, asook die gewigsbeperkings vir elke stuk ooreenkomstig die roete en die vliegklas. Oortollige bagasie sal teen ‘n vaste koers per item per reël verbreek belas word. Dit beteken dat indien ‘n item beide oorgewig en oorgroot is, twee heffings sal geld. Gewig en groottebeperkings geld vir alle baggasie, insluitende items bykomend tot die normale baggasie vergunning. Ten einde aan die lughawe se laaitoerusting beperkings te voldoen kan die SAL geen item wat meer as 32 kg weeg inboek nie. Passassiers op veelvlug/veelsektor kaartjies of wat op SAL vennootvlugte reis, bv met SAL vlugnommer kaartjies by die SAL aangekoop, maar wat deur ‘n ander redery bedien word, moet met die ander redery skakel om die toepaslike die bagasiereëls te bepaal. Inligting oor die nuwe beleid word by www.flysaa.com verskaf.
South Africa is busy establishing a central national database of active hunting industry professionals.
The objective is to, for the first time ever, develop and maintain a central national database for active, registered, licensed professional hunters and hunting outfitters, as well as PH School directors. The system is further intended to incorporate the ability of a person’s national registration, if that person’s permit to operate has been withdrawn in a specific province for reasons such as a gross violation of NEMBA (National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act). This will prevent the person from licensing in another province.
The concept is still in its baby shoes, and the Department of Environmental Affairs is still drafting regulations to facilitate the process, which will have to follow the normal RSA legislative process of consultation and public comment before implementation. This process may commence in 2013, but the implementation schedule is still uncertain.
As it currently stands the database will not replace the current need for professionals to license in all provinces in which they intend operating. The Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) has welcomed the signing of the new National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act into law, saying it is the first step towards one national permit system and issued the following statement which included the following: ‘The current system where professional hunters, outfitters and professional hunters’ school directors have to register in each province has proved to be an administrative nightmare and PHASA has been lobbying for a national register for many years. We hope it paves the way for the establishment of a national permit system, which would overcome the administrative burden of having to abide to nine provincial plus one national sets of legislation. It might also further close down any loopholes for abusing the system. The abuse of the permit system has blemished the reputation of the professional hunting industry and PHASA continues to work with the National Department of Environmental Affairs and other NGOs to look at other ways of stamping out illegal hunting activities.’
Suid-Afrika is besig met die instelling van ‘n nasionale databasis van aktiewe beroepspersone in die jagbedryf.
Die doel is om vir die eerste keer ooit, ‘n sentrale nasionale databasis van aktiewe, geregistreerde en gelisensieerde beroepsjagters, jagondernemers en beroepsjag-skooldirekteure te ontwikkel en in stand te hou. Die stelsel beoog om ‘n persoon se registrasie-geskiktheid op nasionale vlak te beheer. Indien ‘n persoon se bedryfspermit in een provinsie ingetrek is, bv. vir ‘n rede soos die kras verbreking van NEMBA (Nasionale Wet op Bestuur van Omgewingsbiodiversiteit) sal dit hom verhoed om in ‘n ander provinsie te lisensieer.
Die konsep is nog in die beginstadium en die Departement van Omgewingsake stel nog regulasies op om die proses te dryf. Voor inwerkingtreding sal dit aan die normale wetgewende proses van konsultasie en openbare kommentaar wat in die RSA geld onderwerp moet word. Die proses kan in 2013 begin, maar die verdere skedule is nog onseker.
Die databasis sal tans nie die bestaande vereiste verander dat beroepspersoneel moet lisensieer in al die provinsies waar hul aktief is nie. PHASA, die Beroepsjag Vereniging van SA, het die inwerkingstelling van die nuwe Nasionale Omgewingsbestuur Wysigingswet verwelkom en gesê dat die eerste stap na ‘n nasionale permitselsel is en ook dat: ‘Die huidige stelsel waarkragtens beroepsjagters, jagondernemers en beroepsjag-skooldirekteure in elke provinsie moet registreer is ‘n nagmerrie en PHASA bepleit lankal ‘n nasionale register. Ons hoop dit baan die weg vir ‘n nasionale permitstelsel wat die admistratiewe las van nakoming van nege provinsiale stukke en een nasionale stuk wetgewing sal uitskakel. Dit kan ook die skuiwergate vir misbruik van die bestaande stelsel uitskakel, want sulke misbruik het die aansien van die beroepsjagbedryf geskaad. PHASA gaan voort om met die Departement van Omgewingsake en ander NROs saam te werk om onwettige jag uit te wis.’
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