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More about CHASA
and its benefits
T
he Confederation of Hunting Associations of South Africa
(CHASA) is a national, voluntary, non-political and non-profit
organisation and was established on 24 January 1981.
CHASA has 22 member associations affiliated to the organisation
countrywide with a total membership of well over 18 000. It is
acknowledged on a national basis by the Ministries of Safety and
Security and of Environmental Affairs and is also accredited by the
South African Police Service. The mission of the organisation is to
promote sustainable, ethical hunting through responsible leadership
and co-ordination of activities of member associations. CHASA
provides guidance in the representation of hunters with the aim to
secure the ‘freedom to hunt’.
The strategic aims of the association are:
Conservation through sustainable utilisation.
Promotion of a culture of ethical hunting.
Representation of hunters at national level.
Excellence in education and training.
Standardisation in products and outputs.
CHASA provides minimum training standards for: Dedicated status
for hunting, sport shooting and handgun sport shooting, junior
hunters, bow hunters, wing game hunters, handgun hunters, black
powder hunters, shotgun hunters, official trophy measurers and
shooting range officers.
The objectives of the association is to encourage and promote the
following:
To act as co-ordinator for and mouthpiece of the actions of its
entire membership and member associations.
To promote co-operation between member associations in order
to serve the best interests of the entire membership.
To promote the general image of hunters in exercising their
hunting activities in an ethical way.
To ensure a high standard of knowledge and expertise among
members of member associations, by establishing uniform
proficiency training.
To lay down uniform rules for the entry and judging of hunting
trophies and to keep a collated database of entries (
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Spotlight
RORY O'MOORE,
manager, CHASA
Mei 2018
WRSA:
The official mouthpiece
of wildlife ranchers
W
ith approximately 9 000 private game ranches in
South Africa covering an estimated 20,5 million ha of
marginal land, 16,8% of South Africa’s land mass, Wild-
life Ranching South Africa (WRSA) as a national body,
fulfils an important role to promote, serve and protect the interests
of the wildlife ranching industry.
In a study done by the Endangered Wildlife Trust, it was found that
the South African wildlife ranching industry has grown significant-
ly over the past five decades. Currently there is more wildlife in
South Africa than at any time in the past century. Private game
ranches across the country carry roughly three times more wildlife
than national and provincial parks.
WRSA was established to represent the national and international
interests of the wildlife industry in South Africa. It provides ranch-
ers with best practices and approaches while influencing regulations
and policies. The success that we celebrate today is mainly ascribed
to South Africa’s unique conservation model, which is based on
private ownership of land and wildlife, as well as principles for
sustainable use as enshrined in our country’s Constitution. Private
ownership is the foundation for unlocking economic and socio-eco-
nomic values such as employment, sustainable livelihoods, transfer
of skills, land reform, rural upliftment, self-employment and food
security.
Who is WRSA?
WRSA is a national, membership driven non-profit company, func-
tioning as an integral part of the biodiversity economy framework
and advances sustainable game production and utilisation as a via-
ble, economic activity. This includes breeding, hunting, eco-tourism
and meat production.
WRSA’s vision is to create a wave of growth and prosperity in the
wildlife industry, by leveraging its unique natural strengths for the
benefit of all South Africans.
Apart from building and strengthening alliances with government
departments and officials to advise legislation and regulations,
WRSA creates awareness, nationally and internationally, of the suc-
cesses of wildlife ranching in South Africa. We do this by encourag-
ing an inclusive, sustainable and responsive wildlife industry.
WRSA promotes broader participation and transformation within
the industry. We firmly believe that transformation will take place
once there is a change in the structures, systems and patterns of
WILMA BEZUIDENHOUT
for WRSA