April 29: Game Meat Industry forum proposal to Chair: Social Impact Team - WRSA
April 29: Game Meat Industry forum proposal to Chair: Social Impact Team
April 29: Game Meat Industry…
Dear WRSA members, [Lees Afrikaans hieronder]
We’ve been informed that members of the National Coronavirus Command Council, led by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, will give a detailed briefing on the regulations relating to COVID-19 Level 4 restrictions, tonight at 6 pm.
Hunting was included in the Draft Framework for Sectors published over the weekend, and therefore we can expect it to be included in the Regulations for Level 4. Should it be included, it could very well be that specific guidelines will be published in a ministerial directive.
However, even if hunting will be allowed, it will probably be on a very limited basis, with wildlife ranchers and communities with wildlife still facing a challenge of overgrazing and over population of wildlife on their properties.
The majority of organisations belonging to the Game Meat Industry Forum of which WRSA is also a member, support an initiative whereby wildlife ranchers and communities, through an economically sustainable opportunity, will be able to provide game meat as a healthy protein to the needy. Therefore, the GMIF made a proposal in this regard to the Chairman of the COVID 19 Social Impact Task Team on 28 April. The GMIF made itself available to work with the task team to develop a detailed plan, should they support the forum’s proposal.
As this will have a direct impact on our members as wildlife ranchers, we will keep you informed.
Ons is in kennis gestel dat lede van die Nasionale Corona-virus Bevelsraad, onder leiding van die minister van samewerkende regering en tradisionele sake, dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, vanaand om 6nm ‘n volledige inligtingsessie sal aanbied oor die regulasies rakende COVID-19 vlak 4-beperkings.
Jag is opgeneem in die konsepraamwerk vir sektore wat die afgelope naweek gepubliseer is en daarom kan ons verwag dat dit opgeneem sal word in die regulasies vir vlak 4. As dit in die regulasies ingesluit word, is daar ook ‘n moontlikheid dat die spesifieke riglyne daarvoor in ministeriële riglyne gepubliseer sal word.
Selfs as jag toegelaat word, sal dit waarskynlik op ‘n baie beperkte basis plaasvind, terwyl wildboere en gemeenskappe met wild steeds met die uitdaging van oorbeweiding en oorbevolking van wild op hulle eiendomme gekonfronteer sal word.
Die meerderheid organisasies van die Wildsvleisbedryfsforum waarvan WRSA ook lid is, ondersteun ‘n inisiatief waardeur wildboere en gemeenskappe deur ‘n ekonomies volhoubare model, betrokke kan raak by ‘n proses om wildsvleis as ‘n gesonde proteïen aan behoeftiges te voorsien. Daarom het die Wildsvleisbedryfsforum op 28 April ‘n voorstel aan die voorsitter van die COVID 19-Sosiale Impak Taakspan, gemaak. Die Forum het homself beskikbaar gestel om saam met die taakspan te werk om ‘n gedetailleerde plan te ontwikkel sou die taakspan die forum se basiese voorstel ondersteun.
Aangesien dit ‘n direkte invloed op ons lede as wildboere sal hê, sal ons u op hoogte hou sodra ons meer weet.
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