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The Verwey case: A high court victory that reaffirms firearm rights despite the shadow of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill
16 Jul 2026Importantly, the judgement establishes a powerful legal precedent that protects compliant firearm owners from administrative overreach, drawing a clear line in the sand that the...
The Transparency Project: The what, the how and the why this project is important to South Africans
16 Jul 2026The Transparency Project was born out of a refusal to accept policy by decree. The Project utilises the legal mechanisms provided by PAIA to demand...
CSSA seeks answers on socio-economic impact assessment behind proposed firearm law
16 Jul 2026The latest applications shift the focus to the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS), a key safeguard designed to evaluate the likely consequences of proposed legislation...
CSSA launches Transparency Project to uncover evidence behind proposed firearm law
09 Jul 2026Civil Society South Africa (CSSA) has officially launched its Transparency Project, a new initiative aimed at ensuring that major public policy decisions affecting constitutional rights...
Disarming South Africans by removing self-defence as a reason for firearm ownership: A rights crisis in the making
20 Mar 2026This article examines Section 11 and 12 of the Constitution coupled with a brief analysis of the common law principle of self-defence (private defence), we...
Understanding the Justice Pipeline: Where it breaks down and what needs fixing
04 Mar 2026The criminal justice process operates as a pipeline. A case enters at reporting and exits at conviction and sentencing. If any stage fails, the entire...
What law-abiding really means in South African firearm law
14 Jan 2026When lawmakers speak about reducing firearm availability without distinguishing between legal and illegal possession, they collapse two fundamentally different categories into one. This has real...
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