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After brutal farm attacks, CSSA accuses government of planning to disarm law-abiding citizens
06 Nov 2026Soundbite: https://civilsocietysouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/After-brutal-farm-attacks-CSSA-accuses-government-of-planning-to-disarm-law-abiding-citizens.mp3 Three farm attacks in North West in less than a month. Seven licensed firearms ripped from a safe in Broederstroom. A farmer near...
CSSA demands answers before elections: Will parties deny parents the means to protect their families?
27 Oct 2026Civil Society South Africa (CSSA) demands that political parties declare before election day whether they will support removing self-defence as a valid reason to own...
R10 billion in fuel relief: CSSA calls for R5 000 safety tax credit for households
21 Oct 2026Civil Society South Africa (CSSA) is calling on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to include an annual household safety tax credit of at least R5 000...
Illegal guns cross our borders. How will removing self-defence licences stop them?
09 Oct 2026Civil Society South Africa (CSSA) challenges Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia to explain how removing self-defence as a valid reason for firearm licensing would dismantle...
CSSA demands full paper trail behind the FCAB
22 Sep 2026“We want to see the crime data, research, legal advice and policy options that were placed before the Police Minister. We also want to know...
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...
CSSA challenges government to prove disarming law-abiding citizens will make South Africa safer in open letter
12 Jun 2026"If government wants to remove self-defence as a lawful motivation for firearm ownership, it must first answer a simple question: how will doing so make...
CSSA: South Africans are being failed while government focuses on disarming the law-abiding
28 May 2026The priorities are completely upside down. Instead of focusing every available resource on tracing violent parole absconders, dismantling criminal networks and restoring consequence for violent...
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