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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...
Is self-defence a necessity in modern day South Africa? What the latest stats suggest.
20 Jun 2026Civil Society South Africa’s position is clear and firm on this matter. Disarming citizens and limiting their right to self-defence is not a crime prevention...
Why South Africa needs a modernised Central Firearms Registry
19 Jun 2026In practice the CFR has faced years of criticism over administrative inefficiency, lost documentation, extensive backlogs, corruption allegations and outdated paper-based systems.
Unarmed and unprepared: How the proposed PSIRA amendments threaten the safety of every South African
12 Jun 2026The draft amendment of thePrivate Security Industry Firearms Regulations, published by the Minister of Police under the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (Act 56 of...
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...
The other side of the “new evidence” coin: why disarming citizens won’t stop criminals
05 Jun 2026By conflating the law-abiding citizen who is protecting their family in a home invasion with a criminal wielding a smuggled firearm, GFSA ignores the reality...
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