Bheki Cele’s 2018 Report Card – F for Failure in Five Key Areas
February 27, 2019 2 Comments
Bheki Cele has been our Minister of Police for over a year now. At the time the media trumpeted him as a breath of fresh air, taking over from…
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Bheki Cele was perhaps the most eagerly anticipated Minister of Police in recent memory. When his position was announced a friend asked me how I felt about it. “I…
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New firearm amnesty about to be announced: ignore it
February 15, 2018 6 Comments
Parliament announced (or is about to announce) another so-called firearm amnesty. I do not actually know what they will call it once it is officially gazetted. It doesn’t really matter,…
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So what should a basic police member look like? I mean that is the essence isn’t it? We the people want a police member on the beat who is…
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The Minister of Police, Nathi Nhleko, made a few eyebrow raising statements at the National Dialogue on Crime and Violence held in Boksburg last weekend. Among them was his…
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The Gun Owners of South Africa are fundamentally opposed to the murder of all people. We acknowledge that our police officers are at heightened risk of attack given the…
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Last week, on 8 September, a legal team and plaintiffs supported by GOSA and GunSite South Africa launched the first in a series of legal actions to address numerous…
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One thing has become crystal clear: GFSA hates the police as much as they hate legal firearm owners. They want to prescribe to the SAPS what equipment their members…
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Campaigning for the disarmament of citizens is a repellent pastime in itself, and is but a degree removed from demanding that the police themselves be disarmed as well. One…