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In South Africa, the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 regulates the possession of firearms by civilians.Possession of a firearm is conditional on a competency test and several other factors, including background checking of the applicant, inspection of an owner's premises, and licensing of the weapon by the police introduced in July 2004.
The South African smart identity card – known as a Smart ID Card – replaces the old green bar-coded identity book. [ 1] Both are identity documents that serve as proof of a person's identity. This proof includes a person's photograph, their full name, their date of birth, their place of birth, and their unique identity number.
Biometrics are used by the South African government to combat fraud and corruption and to increase the efficiency of service delivery to the public. [1] The South African government started biometric identification systems in the departments of agriculture, correctional services, home affairs, police services, and social assistance. [2] [3]
Airlink. Airlink, (previously known as South African Airlink) is a regional airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its main business is to provide services between smaller, under-served towns and larger hub airports. It has since expanded to offer flights on larger, mainline routes. The airline has a network of more than 60 routes to over ...
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is the agency of the South African Government responsible for state prosecutions. Under Section 179 of the South African Constitution and the National Prosecuting Authority Act of 1998, which established the NPA in 1998, the NPA has the power to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the state and to carry out any necessary functions incidental to ...
Africa Check is registered as a non-profit trust in South Africa and as a community interest company in Britain. [ 41] Africa Check was established by a £45,648 initial grant in 2012. [ 41] The Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, [ 42] and the University of the Witwatersrand provided funding.
The South African Social Security Agency ( SASSA) is a national agency of the South African government created in April 2005 to administer South Africa's social security system, including by distributing social grants, on behalf of the Department of Social Development (DSD). It is under the oversight, but not the operational control, of DSD and ...
The SSA’s focus on state security is significant and is best understood in the context of the evolution of South African politics since 1961. [8] During the B. J. Vorster regime, state security was seen to be paramount by virtue of the fact that the state was the referent object simply because it represented an ethnic minority and was thus contested. [9]