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Firearms Control Act

Editorial: Control guns to stop massacres
Editorial
/ 11 October 2024

Editorial: Control guns to stop massacres

The proliferation of illegal weapons and failure to keep violent criminals locked up will draw more tragic massacres

By Editorial
Shooting blanks a popular choice for gangsters
National
/ 4 September 2023

Shooting blanks a popular choice for gangsters

Criminals have capitalised on the strong visual resemblance that imitation weapons bear to firearms

By Eunice Masson
Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure
National
/ 4 December 2021

Hawks in legal tussle with arms maker over billet seizure

Differing interpretation of the Firearms Control Act resulted in the seizure of a shipment of billets bound for the DRC from Durban harbour last week

By Erika Gibson
Gun control in South Africa: tightening the law, and more
Opinion
/ 25 August 2021

Gun control in South Africa: tightening the law, and more

Improving firearms control legislation is clearly one such needed intervention to prevent the further diversion of legal guns into the hands of criminals

By Guy Lamb
Simple interventions could cut violence against women
Opinion
/ 20 February 2021

Simple interventions could cut violence against women

Measures such as better street lighting, training the police and enforcing gun control can effect real change

By Robyn Porteous

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