8 March 2022: The third national femicide study released by the SA Medical Research Council (MRC) to mark International Women’s Day shows the importance of gun control in protecting women and girls aged 14+.

Says Adèle Kirsten, Director of GFSA, “The latest MRC study is good news. It shows we have halved femicide in South Africa over the past 18 years. […]

GFSA welcomes the decision by the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police to delay tabling amendments to the Firearms Control Act.