Aug 28, 2013 | News
According to the RSA Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), 553 rhino have been poached in South Africa to date. A spokesman for the WorldWide Fund for Nature in South Africa (WWF-SA) is reported to have said that the overall rhino population will soon begin declining.
It is expected that in excess of the 2012 tally, 668 rhino will be poached this year. Aggressive anti-poaching operations have not proved particularly successful in the reduction of poaching activities despite the arrest of approximately 150 poachers this year. It does not appear that arrests of the actual poachers will solve the problem. The WWF-SA is apparently of the opinion that success might be achieved if the perpetrators higher up the chain should be targeted by law enforcement, because they form part of international organised crime syndicates.
Jul 31, 2013 | PH Schools
Free State
The courses of most Professional Hunting Academies are recognized by the Free State authorities. As is the case with all other provinces, students have to write an exam on Free State conservation and hunting legislation to obtain a licence for that province.
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
| Game Hunters Professional Hunting School |
| Director : |
Gerhard Steenkamp |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 5757 |
|
Onverwacht |
|
0557 |
| Tel : |
014 763 5299 |
| Fax: |
014 763 5299 |
| Mobile : |
082 561 4681 |
| Email : |
gamehunt@xsinet.co.za |
| Website : |
www.huntingschool.co.za |
| Limpopo Wildlife Training |
| Director : |
Zeriah Steyn |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 1010 |
|
Mussina |
|
0900 |
| Tel : |
071 228 9437 |
| Fax : |
086 685 2123 |
| Mobile : |
079 682 9109 |
| Email : |
limpopowt@gmail.com |
| Website : |
– |
| SA National Professional Hunting School |
| Director : |
Melville du Plessis |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 4577 |
|
Mokopane |
|
0600 |
| Tel : |
015 453 0780 |
| Fax : |
015 453 0780 |
| Mobile : |
082 685 7313 |
| Email : |
bwanamel@yahoo.com |
| Website : |
http://www.bwanamel.com |
| Southern African Wildlife College |
| CEO : |
Theresa Sowry |
| Board Chair : |
Dr David Mabunda (SANParks) |
| Address : |
Private Bag X3015 |
|
Hoedspruit |
|
1380 |
| Tel : |
015 793 7300 |
| Fax : |
015 793 7314 |
| Email : |
info@sawc.org.za |
| Website : |
www.wildlifecollege.org.za |
Mpumalanga
The courses of most Professional Hunting Academies are recognized by the Mpumalanga State authorities. As is the case with all other provinces, students have to write an exam on Mpumalanga conservation and hunting legislation to obtain a licence for that province.
Gauteng. Director David Sutherland of the Sutherland Hunting Academy in Limpopo used to be the Assistant Director, Professional Hunting and Policy with the Mpumalanga Parks Board.
North West
| Ultimate Adventures |
| Director : |
Pierre Erasmus |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 1301 |
|
Mooinooi |
|
0325 |
| Tel : |
|
| Fax : |
086 669 6191 |
| Mobile : |
083 625 4736 |
| Email : |
pierre@internext.co.za |
| Website : |
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N-Cape
| Northern Cape Professional Hunting School |
| Director : |
Mynhard Herholdt |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 13 |
|
Vanderkloof |
|
8771 |
| Tel: |
– |
| Fax : |
053 664 0047 |
| Mobile : |
083 262 1891 |
| Email : |
mhhs@mweb.co.za |
| Website : |
www.ncph.co.za |
W-Cape
| Belmont Professional Hunting Academy |
| Director : |
Andre Viljoen |
| Address : |
P.O. Box 576 |
|
Ceres |
|
6835 |
| Tel : |
023 312 1695 |
| Fax : |
023 312 1695 |
| Mobile : |
083 700 7965 |
| Email : |
besthunt@mweb.co.za |
| Website : |
www.besthunt.co.za |
