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The Service Provider has spoken to family members, and it is not clear the full organs of the gun. However,the narrative the family is able to provide is that around the time she would have acquired the pistol in 1994 there were incident surround people close to her that made her feel she may be in need of additional security. If the actual license cards are anything to go by, the first application for the firearm is in 1994; in April 1993 Chris Hani had been gunned down in his driveway. “In the absence of immediate evidence to the contrary, and based on the date of actual license cards, the first application for the firearm in in 1994, in April 1993 Chris Hani had been gunned down in his drive way. Given this national and personal tragic incident involving a person so close to her, this may have contributed to her need for additional security. The fraught environment of the early 1990’s can also be read as part of the greater indication of heightened personal safety concerns that Madikizela-Mandela may have been confronted with and lead the acquisition of the pistol in 1994. In addition to the environment of the time, being newly divorced led her to feel vulnerable securitywise as she had recently moved into her then newly built Soweto mansion after the release of Nelson Mandela circa 1991.”