Minister Cele’s anti-gun campaign could lead to thousands of jobs losses in KZN
27 January 2020
KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN’s) hunting and small associated businesses stand to lose billions of rands and face even tougher economic times should the ANC push ahead with the amended Firearms Control Bill.
Recent comments by Police Minister Bheki Cele on private citizens not owning firearms, or being restricted to one firearm could be the final nail in the coffin of an already pressurised provincial hunting industry.
The knock-on economic effects of the proposed Bill are terrible. Here in KZN it could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs, mainly in rural areas.
Although an emotive issue, the KZN economy and dozens of mainly rural game farms rely almost entirely on each hunting season for their income. Coupled with hunting, is the direct and indirect spend on associated industries that range from taxidermists to outdoor equipment sales and specialist butcheries.