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CHASA VERGADERING IN CALLINAN
CHASA RAADSVERGADERING SEPTEMBER 2021 TE CULLINAN
Fotos deur : Ariska Schoombee
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Die CHASA se kwartaallikse Raadsvergadering is op die naweek van 4 September 2021 gehou te Cullinan, die bekende diamantmyn-dorp in Gauteng. Die vergadering is bygewoon deur verteenwoordigers van die 23 verenigings wat CHASA opmaak. Die opening is behartig deur Riaan Meintjies die Voorsitter van Chasa. Hy het die 40ste bestaanjaar van Chasa as ‘n werklike mylpaal bestempel, iets om voorwaar op trots te wees.
Seker een van die belangrikste besprekingspunte vir die raadsvergadering was die nuwe vuurwapen wetsontwerp wat ‘n groot impak op al Chasa se lede sal hê indien dit in die voorgestelde formaat as wet aanvaar word. Martin Hood wat dien as Chasa se regsverteenwoordiger het die Raad toegespreek. Uitreksel uit Notule: LEGAL OPINION DRAFT FIREARMS
AMENDMENT ACT (MARTIN HOOD) The Chairman welcomes Nicky Bernhard, owner of Bernhard Agencies (Glock Agents for SA) and Vice Chairman of SAAADA. The Chairman thanked Martin Hood for his presence at the meeting. CHASA was formed to address challenges to hunting and challenges for firearm ownership. Members must be made aware that they will have to pay to hold on to their firearms as we have the most serious fight on our hands that has ever been faced in the last 25 years. The proposal to the firearms Bill was far more radical than what was anticipated. We need to think clearly on how to raise capital and our spending to enable us to keep our firearms. These proposals are purposeful and deliberate. SAAADA, Nicky and some of their other individual members has been involved with litigation to get the CFR functioning. The action that CHASA and SAAADA took against SAPS resulted in us being recognised as serious stakeholders. CHASA is very strongly and uniquely situated and combined with SAAADA, as well as individually, to be recognised and be part of, and to drive the processes which are going to take place. To maintain a presence – the CEO must represent CHASA in parliament yearly which has cost implications legal opinions with a cost implication of R320 000.00 - to be split between CHASA and SAAADA. The Legal opinion has given us a road map to deal with the amendments.
DIE MANNE EN DAMES GENIET ‘N SKEMERKELKIE NA ‘N LANG DAG VAN VERGADERINGS
ONTVANGERS VAN CHASA SERTIFIKATE VAN WAARDERING: NICO WEPENER, BOSVELD; CARL VAN HEERDEN, NOORD KAAP; PATRICK STEPHENSON, AMATOLA; CONRAD KLIPP KZN HUNTERS, ANDRÉ NAGEL, CTSASA; HENCO DE JAGER, NOORD WES; NIC VAN DER WALT, VRYSTAAT, KULU DE JAGER
Martin Hood summarised his discussions as follows: To keep our firearms will come at a cost. We are ideally positioned to talk to Government. �e have got the ear of Government and the ANC (Lethuli House). We need to push back legally and subtely. Die Voorsitter stel Nicky Bernhard van SAAADA aan die woord. Nicky reiterates that we will have to make correct use of money that we have available to fight our existential threat. CHASA and SAAADA are in that position. We are in a great grouping to save this industry and everything that goes hand in hand with it. If the Dealers are wiped out nothing will be able to happen, as we are the interface between the Government and the end-user. Funds must be spend carefully. If the dealers seize to exist the interface will be gone.
Die raad is dit eens dat hierdie ‘n ernstige bedreiging is vir alle vuurwapen-eienaars en sal die nodige stappe neem om vuurwapen-eienaars se belange te beskerm.
Kaapjag het ‘n voorlegging gemaak insake die nuwe sagteware ontwikkeling wat werksaamhede van takke en verenigings baie sal vergemaklik d.m.v Hunters Portal. Hunters Portal sal ook in die toekoms beskikbaar gestel word aan ander verenigings binne Chasa. Voorleggings is deur Andre Duvenhage en Matt Relihan behartig en is baie goedgunstig ontvang deur die raad en lede teenwoordig.
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS The following members was elected as Office Bearers: President – Re-elected, Pieter van Niekerk (2 years) Vice Chairman – Re-elected, William Smale (2 years)
Toekomstige Raadsvergadering datums en Vereniging: 19 February 2022 – MacNab Jagklub. 21 May 2022 – Vrystaat Jagters. 10 September 2022 – Suid-Kaap Jagters
WILLIAM SMALE, MATT RELIHAN, FRANCOIS ROSSOUW, KULU DE JAGER EN STEPHEN PALOS
NICO WEPENER, BOSVELD JAGTERS; CHRIS JENNINGS EN CONRAD KLIPP, KZN JAGTERS; ANDRÉ NAGEL VAN CTSASA - 40 JAAR TOEKENNING VIR ONONDERBROKE LIDMAATSKAP VAN CHASA
