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About Us
Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) is an industry association representing around 50 sawmilling companies. Collectively, association members employ about 12,000 people, predominantly in the rural areas of South Africa.
SSA aims to promote the interests of all sawmillers in South Africa and promote its sustainable growth, development and wellbeing. It also promotes and encourages education and training in the industry, especially of people who were previously disadvantaged. Finally, it encourages and supports innovation in the sector to create a more sustainable future for harvested wood products.
Our People
Back, from Left: Piet Briel (Sappi), Craig Rance (Rance Timbers), Sean Hoatson (Tekwani),
Duncan McKay (chairman, White River Sawmills)
Front, from left: Fritz Ernst (Busby Sawmills), Deon Breytenbach (Merensky),
Roy Southey (executive director, Sawmilling South Africa) and Thabo Moloi (SAFCOL)
Top Right: Jaco Oosthuizen (MTO)
Our Goals
Promote the interests of all sawmillers, big and small, in the Republic of South Africa and to create unity of purpose and identity amongst its members;
Promote policies and operating practices that support free competition in all spheres of activity and which foster and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and the development of sustainable standards and codes of conduct and ethics;
Represent the interests and views of its members to Parliament, Government, provincial and other public or private bodies and officials in the Republic of South Africa, and elsewhere, as may be necessary;
Promote and foster the sawmilling industry for the benefit of its members especially by way of providing a formal voice on behalf of the sawmilling sector in respect of any issue which bears upon the interests of sawmillers individually or collectively;
Promote and encourage education and training in the industry;
Seek affiliation or enter into any working agreement or arrangement with any other sawmilling, forestry and other industry bodies already in existence, as well as with any organisation or persons having objects similar in whole or in part or closely related to the objects of the association both locally and internationally;
Promote the sustainable growth, development and wellbeing of the South African sawmilling industry and, in particular, emergent sawmillers from groups previously disadvantaged;
Collect, analyse, exchange and disseminate information, literature and statistics of whatsoever nature as may be relevant to the needs of its members including an understanding of relevant law;
Do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
Promote the interests of all sawmillers, big and small, in the Republic of South Africa and to create unity of purpose and identity amongst its members;
Promote the sustainable growth, development and wellbeing of the South African sawmilling industry and, in particular, emergent sawmillers from groups previously disadvantaged;
Promote and encourage education and training in the industry;
Represent the interests and views of its members to Parliament, Government, provincial and other public or private bodies and officials in the Republic of South Africa, and elsewhere, as may be necessary;
Do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
Promote and foster the sawmilling industry for the benefit of its members especially by way of providing a formal voice on behalf of the sawmilling sector in respect of any issue which bears upon the interests of sawmillers individually or collectively;
Promote policies and operating practices that support free competition in all spheres of activity and which foster and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and the development of sustainable standards and codes of conduct and ethics;
Collect, analyse, exchange and disseminate information, literature and statistics of whatsoever nature as may be relevant to the needs of its members including an understanding of relevant law;
Seek affiliation or enter into any working agreement or arrangement with any other sawmilling, forestry and other industry bodies already in existence, as well as with any organisation or persons having objects similar in whole or in part or closely related to the objects of the association both locally and internationally;
Promote the interests of all sawmillers, big and small, in the Republic of South Africa and to create unity of purpose and identity amongst its members;
Promote and foster the sawmilling industry for the benefit of its members especially by way of providing a formal voice on behalf of the sawmilling sector in respect of any issue which bears upon the interests of sawmillers individually or collectively;
Promote the sustainable growth, development and wellbeing of the South African sawmilling industry and, in particular, emergent sawmillers from groups previously disadvantaged;
Promote policies and operating practices that support free competition in all spheres of activity and which foster and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation and the development of sustainable standards and codes of conduct and ethics;
Promote and encourage education and training in the industry;
Collect, analyse, exchange and disseminate information, literature and statistics of whatsoever nature as may be relevant to the needs of its members including an understanding of relevant law;
Represent the interests and views of its members to Parliament, Government, provincial and other public or private bodies and officials in the Republic of South Africa, and elsewhere, as may be necessary;
Seek affiliation or enter into any working agreement or arrangement with any other sawmilling, forestry and other industry bodies already in existence, as well as with any organisation or persons having objects similar in whole or in part or closely related to the objects of the association both locally and internationally;
Do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
Our Allies
Our Laws
If you’re interested in the rules Sawmilling South Africa lives by, you can find our constitution in this PDF.
Sawmilling South Africa is an association dedicated to being a reliable representative of its members within the South African sawmilling industry.
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