HOW TO: Shape the Future of Private Security in SA!
The Private Security Industry regulations are changing—and your input matters! These amendments will change how security companies operate in our communities, especially regarding guns in public spaces.
If you’re concerned about armed guards in places like taxi ranks or shopping malls, want tighter controls over guns and ammunition owned by security companies, are worried about criminals infiltrating the industry, or simply […]
HOW TO: Silence the Guns in Africa – Guide for Activists
The African Union Silencing the Guns in Africa Activism Guide, developed in partnership with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace Initiative, is a resource for activists to help silence the guns across the continent. By bridging the gap between research, activism, and policy engagement, the Guide recognises that peace across Africa cannot be […]
RESEARCH: Guns leading weapon used to murder women in 2020/21
New research into femicide – the murder of women – published by the Medical Research Council shows that:
Women are most at risk of being killed by a current or ex intimate partner: 60% of women murdered in 2020/21 were intimate-partner femicides.
Gunshots were the leading weapon used to murder women in 2020/21; 2 to 3 women were shot dead every […]
Gun Free Valentines: Guns don’t belong in relationships
Women in South Africa are more likely to be killed by their husband or boyfriend than by a stranger, with legal firearms in the home posing a specific risk.
• Fact: Every 8 hours a woman is killed by an intimate partner in SA
• Fact: A woman is more likely to be murdered by her husband or boyfriend than by a […]
What to Prepare If You’re Selling Your Business
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