As a continuation of what my predecessor Manfred Rohwer
had been working on during his term as Chairman, we
needed to create an efficienct operating structure. SAEVA
has outgrown its original constitution so a whole new
constitution needed to be written. It will be ratified at
this year’s AGM. It can we read under the relevant banner
on www.saeva.co.za. Essentially SAEVA copied the SAVA
structure with a Board of directors group (BOD) and federal
council group.
The BOD fulfills all the legal requirements of the Companies
Act. In future SAEVA will always have nine directors. They
are the Chair, Incoming Chair, the Immediate Past Chair,
Secretary , Treasurer, two Regional Representatives and two
Head of Committees. All posts are held for two years. All
positions except for Chairman, Immediate Past Chairman
and the two Heads of Committees are elected at the AGM
on every second year. The Heads of Committee are invited
onto the committee by the BOD. The BOD will meet four
times a year.
we need to partner with a company that has all the right
credentials and backing to present the correct documents
to the now “MCC”. At the moment we have the backing of
a local company but are battling to find an international
company with the right credentials to assist in this matter.
It is a painfully slow process that we are following.
Another initiative that SAEVA undertook this year was
to enter into a dialogue with all the major insurance
companies . I think we will all agree that in today’s difficult
economic times a good relationship with the insurance
industry is mutually beneficial. In recent times, with more
of our patients being insured, some confusion has crept
into the equine veterinary industry. The first meeting held
in September 2019 was a “get-together” to discuss issues
of mutual concern. The second meeting will happen at the
congress in the form of panel discussion evaluating case
reports. Please provide any questions that you have to
Angela Rogers.
The Federal Council (Fedco) of SAEVA comprises all the
members of the BOD as well as the rest of the Regional
Members and the rest of the Committees Chairman’s.
Election for the Regional Representatives is every second
year. Committee Chairs are nominated from the BOD. The
BOD reports to Fedco. Fedco will meet twice a year. As a committee we have also attempted to communicate
better with out members over the last two years with
both the introduction of a WhatsApp group as well as a
Facebook page. These have a modicum of success but as
with all communication issues they are only reasonably
accurate. Should you not be on any of these groups please
contact Johnny Cave.
The next election will be at the SAEVA Congress, held at
Skukuza in February 2020. Nomination forms will be sent
out in due course. Please remember to participate in the
election process. Thank you once again for allowing me to serve as your
Chairman for the last two years. It has been an honor and
a privilege. Thanks once again to my committee for all the
assistance over the last two years.
An ongoing issue that SAEVA has been working on is an
attempt to legalize the use of Phemnylbutazone (Pbz) in
SA again. As you all know, Pbz was banned for use some
six years ago now. SAEVA has been attempting to resurrect
its use in SA , not with much success at the moment. After
taking some legal advice early in 2018 it was decided to
abandon the approach whereby we would force the
then MCC to negotiate with us. Instead it was decided to
attempt a re-register the use of Pbz in the country. For this
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