NEWSLETTER: March 2025 – New leadership, renewed vision
In our March 2025 newsletter, we say farewell to our founding director Adèle Kirsten, and welcome Dr. Stanley Maphosa, who joins GFSA as executive director.
With 21 March being Human Rights Day, we also reflect on President Ramaphosa’s 2025 SONA, new research showing the extent to which guns threaten women’s right to safety, and how Section 140 […]
NEWSLETTER: December 2024 – Tips to live this Dezemba
December, or ‘Dezemba’, is SA’s most exciting time of the year – school holidays, celebrations, family get-togethers and social gatherings are a few things to look forward to.
Yet, during this time, we see an alarming rise in gun-related incidents. Easy access to guns, rising crime rates, heightened alcohol consumption, and domestic conflicts play a huge role, turning good times into […]
NEWSLETTER: November 2024 – More people shot dead than die on SA’s roads
GFSA’s November 2024 Newsletter is out.
Contents:
- More people shot dead than die on SA’s roads
- 365 Days of Activism to protect women and children
- Launch: Silencing the Guns in Africa Activism Guide
- GFSA’s 2022-2023 annual report now available
- Functional Central Firearms Registry helps stop crime
Download here.
NEWSLETTER: May 2024 – Bulletproof Park
Read GFSA’s May 2024 newsletter, which profiles two of our big focus points of the year so far: A Bulletproof Park to protect children from crossfire and a campaign to Remove the Trigger from domestic violence.
To find out more, download our May 2024 newsletter
NEWSLETTER: Sept 2023 – More women murdered
Read GFSA’s September 2023 newsletter, which looks at warning signs a woman is in danger of being murdered and what you can do to protect a woman from gun violence.
To find out more, download September 2023 newsletter