Constitution
*note this was prior to the 2010 AGM held recently.

President's Report

Conservation Officer's Report

SAUFF NPO Certificate

DAN Spearfishing Membership application form

History

By 1971, Rhodesia, Griqualand West, Zululand, Eastern Transvaal and South West Africa had been added to the list. Each province sent 2 delegates to the Annual General Meeting and from these, a Spearfishing Officer, an Underwater Hockey Officer and a SCUBA Officer were elected as well as President, V.P., Secretary/Treasurer and later a Spearfishing Records Officer. They set up the rules regarding the administration of SAUU and the various competitions run by its different facets. Other than the addition of New Sections, like Underwater Photography, Marine Tanks, Technical Diving and new provinces like Boland, Southern Cape and Northern Transvaal, this structure operated almost unchanged until around 2000. By then SCUBA Diving had been split by the advent of professional training structures like NAUII and PADI, which ate into club memberships and have by today almost resulted in the complete demise of the old SAUU structure. What is left is now known as SA Underwater Sports Federation (SAUSF).

In around 1965 SAUU joined CMAS (World Diving Body) and in 1967 we sent the first ever SA team to a World Championship.

Some time in late 90’s or early 2000’s, the spearfishing section of SAUU was renamed South African Freedivers Association (SAFA) and this group included spearfishing and breath hold or Apnea diving, which was also a CMAS sanctioned sport.

In 2006 spearfishing broke away from Apnea and renamed itself South African Underwater Fishing Federation (SAUFF). At the same time it joined the SA Sea and Sport Anglers Federation (SASSAF). In 2007, recognizing that the club/provincial structure which had been the backbone of SA Diving since its beginnings in the late 50’s, was failing, SAUFF instituted a new system of registering clubs and individuals as members via a website. While slow to get off the ground, this system is now gaining momentum with over 100 registered members and 10 clubs.

Since there are over 4000 spearfishing licences and more crayfishing licences sold in SA each year, there is still a long way to go before SAUFF will be a solid representative of the SA Underwater Fishing Community.