Source: SAPS Central Firearm Registry

The table below provides the rate of licences approved per province from 1994 to 1998:

Table 17: Rate of Firearm Licences
Approved per Province
(per 100 000 of the Population)
1994 - 1998
Province 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Eastern Cape 209 136 415 244 213
Free State 631 380 440 456 509
Gauteng 1192 748 853 941 803
KwaZulu-Natal 383 220 287 292 279
Mpumalanga 584 392 4561 480 501
Northern Cape 743 4919 527 559 517
Northern Province 192 148 178 192 196
North West Province 458 304 390 393 370
Western Cape 814 554 578 492 447
Source: SAPS Central Firearm Registry

Most Common Calibres Licenced

The 9mm parabellum pistol is the most commonly licenced firearm in South Africa, with 155 517 licenced in 1998 and over half a million (517 576) licenced between 1994 and 1998. During 1998, the other top 5 preferred handguns were the 9mm short pistol, the 7.65mm pistol, the 38 Special revolver and the 6.35mm pistol.

The table below provides the total numbers of licences issued to date per type of firearm:

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