skippers license

[cranky]

i have got to a point where i actually couldnt be bothered waiting for samsa to issue my skippers any longer...it has been more than 2 years ago that i sent in the documentation and still no reply they dont reply to my emails.

I have tried on numerous occasions to contact Karin Wilkie and still waiting for a reply.

I have even tried contacting the person in charge tilayi sobantu but that doesnt seem to work either...no response.

i have scanned modified and printed copies for the next 5 years which i will keep on the boat just in case i forget to renew the temp license...in the mean time will find someone who has a valid skippers license...scan it and modify it...then i dont need to waste my time with these people.

They say there is a huge backlog of skippers applications...maybe someone should have thought about that before they enforced the legislation and employed more people to handle volume.

just think the next step is to renew every 5 years...eeeeish

It is very frustrating dealing with incompetent people.

 

[Blommie]

Ditto! I received my skippers about two months ago, after waiting 18 months. I guess I'm still lucky if you have been waiting more than 2 years. I contacted Karin and she was very helpful and quick to respond with issuing of the licence. Good luck bru!

 

[cranky]

i have also been speaking to karin but there is always an excuse...been on leave...will check this week...etc...etc

my concern is when we have to renew every 5 year...like the drivers license and i am sure its gona happen as soon as they sort this fiasco out...because its quick money for jam...

i couldnt be bothered wasting my time any more...modern technology is great...its amazing what you can do with a colour scanner and some cutting and pasting...and the best part is the people who you show the skippers to at the gate wouldnt know the difference between an original and a photostat copy...when i spoke to gerry about putting the fishing license and boat registration gate entry etc all on the same card...his response was it is bad enough trying to get them to understand the manual system...

i have wild card yet you still have to fill in the book...go figue.

if you go to albert falls just make sure you fishing partner has your wifes id number...we have managed to get into the dam with only one card doing this on many occasions...who says your wife is a women...into days society anything is possible

it the same as the boat registiration...the sticker for a power boat and a canoe has been the same for years...so you go to shongweni register a canoe and stick it on the boat...cost less than half the price...i dont know if is still like this...havent registered a boat for a a couple of years now

 

[PH]

cranky wrote:

it the same as the boat registiration...the sticker for a power boat and a canoe has been the same for years...so you go to shongweni register a canoe and stick it on the boat...cost less than half the price...i dont know if is still like this...havent registered a boat for a a couple of years now

We went to shongweni last Sunday with 2 unregistered kayaks. With the wildcard it did not cost us a cent. No fishing permit, no stickers on the kayaks - they just let us in after signing the book

 

[DWB]

I received my skippers about 2 weeks ago, must say, 11 months wasn't that long then...LOL

I'm too nervous applying for my first fire-arm, because i'm not sure if that will ever happen....

 

[cranky]

i handed in a couple of firearms...including a 357 rossi...9 mm high powered browning...pump action shotgun...38 special...antique double barrel shot gun and a couple others because to license them is such a mission i just gave them all to the gun shop...never even got 1 cents for them...to license tham would mean i would have to join a club...going shooting x amount of times a years etc etc etc just not worth the hassle.

it is better to shoot a person with an unlicensed firearm than a licensed one...because you can just throw the thing out your car while driving and nobody can prove a thing...if you use a licenesed one chances are you will end up in jail...this unfortunatly is a reality of living in south africa.

 

 

[sustan]

if you wana license your firearms join a shooting club

 

[cranky]

thats why i didnt...there were just too many had to do...had to join a club had to register as a gun collect because of the amount...had to go shoot at least x amount of times...etc...etc...just not worth the all hassle

 

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[sustan]

yip...think you have to take part in atleast one club event a year

i think you could have had the firing pin on the antique welded if you wanted to keep for show

 

[cranky]

after more than 2 years of waiting...100s of emails telephone calls and finaly i get a response...how do you get angry about a response like this...i can only laugh and say what more could you expect...

not aware of my situation...one of 2 things either he was deleting my emails i was sending everyday or just letting them pile up in the in box and got to a point where he realised that i wasnt gona give up...or maybe it had something to do with the emails being cc to the boss everyday...for the past 2 months...either way at least i finally got a response.

 

 

Apologies for having waited so long for a response.  I was not aware of your situation.

I have contacted Donna at SADSAA offices to look at your application.  However, we need to know with whom you did the exam (examiner) and what date so that we can also take up the matter with the person who conducted the examinations.  Unfortunately Karen is in Cape Town and I don’t know the details of your correspondence with her.

I shall personally look at the matter and revert to you.

 

 

 

[cranky]

just to make my day today i get a response...i have to re-apply they seem to have lost my application...like the saying goes and i am a firm believer in this...if you want something done right do it yourself...so it looks like i will now have to get all my copies and scan them then email a 100 copies to them just so that they dont loose them again and them send the 100 copies again just in case they loose them...who knows maybe but 2015 i could get a skippers license...

Good Afternoon Sobantu

 

I have requested (more than once) from SADSAA’s Head Office for paperwork to be urgently submitted/re-submitted as I have no records on system that Mr Stanleys application was received by SAMSA Pretoria in 2008.  

Still to date I await said documents... 

 
Mr Stanley is welcome to contact Donna at SADSAA’s Head Office on 072 048 5794 to query submission/re-submission of his application.