Using a firearm during a farm attack: what the law allows

Farmer's WeeklyHanlie du Plessis · 2 November 2026 at 07:00

Distance from police assistance does not create a separate right to shoot and has no bearing on whether force is justified. South African law asks whether an unlawful attack was under way or imminent and whether the response was necessary and reasonable.

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