Nuusbrief Maart 2026
Bek-en-klouseer tot ʼn nasionale ramp verklaar
Dr. Elias Sithole (hoof van die nasionale rampbestuursentrum het op 5 Februarie 2026 bek-en-klouseer tot ʼn nasionale ramp verklaar. Klik hier (Dokument 1) vir die afskrif van die Staatskoerant.
Vervoerbeperkings
Vervoerbeperkings van lewendige vee en wild is in die meerderheid provinsies afgekondig met streng maatreëls vir die vervoer van lewendige spleethoewige diere van, na en deur hierdie provinsies.
Effek van BKS-beperkings op jagters
Op jagbestemming wat tans nie in BKS-beheergebied val nie, nie onder kwarantyn geplaas is nie en waarvan die grondeienaar nie skriftelik deur ʼn staatveearts ingelig is dat nabygeleë bure se eiendom onder kwarantyn geplaas is nie, benodig jagters slegs die gewone dokumentasie soos die provinsiale jaglisensie en/of ʼn afskrif van die amptelike vrystellingsdokument en volledig voltooide toestemming om te jag/verwyderingspermit. Die toestemming om te jag/verwyderingspermit Klik hier is saamgevat in een dokument en moet volledig voltooi word. Jagters het niks meer as dit nodig nie.
Beheermaatreëls: Bek-en-klouseer
KwaZulu-Natal
Die departement van landbou, grondhervorming en landelike ontwikkeling het op 17 Maart 2025 beheermaatreëls vir bek-en-klouseer in die Staatskoerant gepubliseer wat sekere dele van KwaZulu-Natal onder die Dieregesondheidswet, Wet 35 van 1984 insluit. ʼn BKS-protokol vir KZN is sedert Maart 2025 van toepassing. Klik hier vir afskrif daarvan.
Enigeen wat vleis vanuit die KwaZulu-Natal-beheergebied wil vervoer vir eie gebruik, kan die vereistes op bladsy 5 tot 7 bestudeer. Daar is ʼn kaart van die streek op bladsy 10. Kyk ook na bladsy 2 vir ʼn lys van staatsveeartse wat behulpsaam kan wees met die uitreik van permitte in die relevante streke.
Vir jagbestemming in die noorde van KwaZulu-Natal, moet jagters voldoen aan die beheermaatreëls wat in Maart 2025 afgekondig is. Jagters wat vir eie gebruik in die gebied gaan jag, moet vooraf vir die nodige permit aansoek doen. Volgens die beheermaatreëls mag jagters onder sekere voorwaardes slegs een karkas per persoon vervoer. SA Jagters het egter vanuit ʼn baie betroubare bron verneem dat indien die jagbestemming waarop jy jag nie tans onder kwarantyn is nie of in ʼn gebied val waar BKS onlangs uitgebreek het nie, jy kan versoek om meer as een karkas uit die beheergebied te verwyder. Daar is egter geen waarborg dat dit toegestaan sal word nie.
Vir navrae oor KwaZulu-Natal sien uittreksel hieronder:
Vervoer van horings en/of vel van gejagde prooi
Jagters wat jag op ʼn jagbestemming wat tans nie in ʼn siektebeheergebied val en nie onder kwarantyn geplaas is nie en waarvan die grondeienaar nie skriftelik deur ʼn staatsveearts ingelig is dat hul nabygeleë bure se eiendom onder kwarantyn geplaas is nie, mag jy die kop, vel en horings van gejagde diere (vlakvark, bosvark en buffels uitgesluit) sonder enige addisionele permitte vervoer.
Indien die jagbestemming tans onder kwarantyn verkeer, of waar die grondeienaar skriftelik deur ʼn staatsveearts verwittig is dat die plaas in die afgekondigde siektebeheergebied val, moet jagters aan streng voorskrifmaatreëls voldoen. Dit beteken dat jagters nie die kop, vel en horings sonder die voorgeskrewe permitte uit die gebied mag verwyder nie.
Ons versoek jagters om in gedagte te hou dat ons taksidermiste ook families het om te onderhou. Doen dus die moeite om vir die vervoerpermitte van koppe, vel en horings aansoek te doen om die taksidermiebedryf te ondersteun.
Wildevarkvleisvervoerpermitte
Die direktoraat dieregesondheid van die departement landbou het SA Jagters se magtiging verleng om vervoerpermitte vir wildevarkkarkasse (vlakvark/bosvark) en vleis uit te reik. Hierdie vergunning is aan SA Jagters toegestaan ingevolge Regulasie 20 van die Wet op Dieresiektes No. 35 van 1984.
Registrasie van plase: SA Jagters-lede wat grondeienaars is en hierdie permitte wil uitreik, moet eers hulle plase registreer. Die registrasieproses word elektronies op lede se profiel op SA Jagters se aanlyn lede-administrasiestelsel hanteer. Klik hier vir die stap-vir-stap proses om te registreer.
Newsletter March 2026
Foot-and-Mouth disease declared a national disaster
Dr. Elias Sithole (head of the National Disaster Management Centre) declared foot-and-mouth disease a national disaster on 5 February 2026. Click here for a copy of the Government Gazette.
Transport restrictions
Transport restrictions on live livestock and game have been announced in most provinces, with strict measures for the movement of live cloven-hoofed animals into, out of, and through these provinces.
Effect of FMD restrictions on hunters
At hunting destinations that do not currently fall within an FMD control area, are not under quarantine, and where the landowner has not been officially notified in writing by a state veterinarian that neighbouring properties have been placed under quarantine, hunters only require the standard documentation. This includes the provincial hunting licence and/or a copy of the official exemption document, as well as a fully completed permit to hunt/removal permit.
The permit to hunt/removal permit – click here has been consolidated into a single document and must be completed in full.
Control Measures: Foot-and-Mouth Disease
KwaZulu-Natal
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development published control measures for foot-and-mouth disease in the Government Gazette on 17 March 2025, which include certain parts of KwaZulu-Natal under the Animal Health Act, Act 35 of 1984. An FMD protocol for KZN has been in effect since March 2025. Click here for a copy.
Anyone wishing to transport meat from the KwaZulu-Natal control area for personal use can consult the requirements on pages 5-7. A map of the region is available on page 10. See page 2 for a list of state veterinarians who can assist with issuing permits in the relevant areas.
For hunting destinations in northern KwaZulu-Natal, hunters must comply with the control measures announced in March 2025. Hunters who intend to hunt in the area for personal use must apply in advance for the necessary permit. Under the control measures, hunters may transport only one carcass per person under certain conditions. However, SA Hunters has learned from a highly reliable source that if the hunting destination is not currently under quarantine or in an area where FMD has recently broken out, you may request permission to remove more than one carcass from the control area. There is no guarantee that such a request will be approved.
For enquiries regarding KwaZulu-Natal, see the excerpt below:
Transport of horns and/or skins of hunted game
Hunters who are hunting at a destination that does not fall within a disease control area, is not under quarantine, and where the landowner has not been notified in writing by a state veterinarian that neighbouring properties have been placed under quarantine, may transport the head, skin, and horns of hunted animals (excluding warthog, bushpig, and buffalo) without additional permits.
If the hunting destination is currently under quarantine, or where the landowner has been officially notified in writing by a state veterinarian that the property falls within a declared disease control area, hunters must comply with strict control measures. This means that hunters may not remove the head, skin, and horns from the area without the prescribed permits.
We ask hunters to keep in mind that taxidermists also have families to support. Please make the effort to apply for the necessary transport permits for heads, skins, and horns to support the taxidermy industry.
Wild pig transport permits
The Directorate of Animal Health of the Department of Agriculture has extended SA Hunters’ authorisation to issue transport permits for wild pig carcasses (warthog/bushpig) and meat. This authorisation was granted to SA Hunters in terms of Regulation 20 of the Animal Diseases Act No. 35 of 1984.
Registration of farms: Members of SA Hunters who are landowners and wish to issue these permits must first register their farms. The registration is processed electronically through members’ profiles in SA Hunters’ online membership administration system. Click here for the step-by-step registration process.
