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It’s highly unlikely that the measures contained in the Firearm Control Act would not have resulted in some form of a reduction in gun violence, writes Guy Lamb.
Fifty-eight percent of South Africa’s domestic violence murder victims from April to June 2020 were women, according to national police statistics. Sixty-seven percent of these women were killed by a current or ex-intimate partner. In such cases, femicide is the final act in a pattern of chronic and escalating abuse. South Africa’s rate of femicide has been estimated at six times higher than the global average. Research has consistently shown that having access to a firearm is a major risk factor in intimate femicide. In her book Femicide in South Africa, Nechama Brodie indicates t...
Extremist pro-gun lobbyists have directed their fury at Gun Free South Africa, the anti-gun NGO they believe played a key role in writing the controversial Firearms Control Amendment Bill. Then there’s cartoonist Jeremy Nell, aka Jerm.
Thousands make their voices heard over proposed Firearms Control Amendment Bill Members of the public have until the Friday to comment on the proposed Firearms Control Amendment Bill. Image: 123RF/ Pop Nukoonrat With the deadline for public comment on the Firearms Control Amendment Bill approaching, thousands of South Africans have made their voices heard regarding the proposed bill. The bill was published in the government gazette late last month and sparked fierce debate. Among other things, the proposed bill indicates that applicants applying for a firearm should p...
Levy Suping Selebogo, 39, has been sentenced to life in jail in the North West High Court after being convicted of the murder of an elderly