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Gun Free South Africa

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Time to say goodbye to police’s R5 assault rifles

Koketso Moeti by Koketso Moeti 23 February 2015

A bold campaign has been launched by Gun Free South Africa and amandla.mobi calling on the minister of police, Nkosinathi Nhleko, and National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega to disarm the police’s crowd-control units of their deadly R5 rifles. The R5 assault rifle is based on the Israeli Galil, which was inspired by the AK-47. It […]

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Pistorius and the unfinished gun ownership debate

Koketso Moeti by Koketso Moeti 12 June 201412 June 2014

When Oscar Pistorius first entered the courtroom where he stood accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the case raised great interest. It was followed online, on radio and even watched on TV, where it received a lot of coverage. While some see the spotlight put on gun ownership by the trial as nothing but […]

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