Even with sweeping powers of search and seizure, and of subpoena, it could not keep some incriminating files from the shredder.

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It has powers of subpoena and of search and seizure.

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The minister has been given sweeping powers to proclaim certain areas, like schools, gun-free zones, and to prohibit certain categories of weapons, while the police have new wide-ranging search and seizure powers.

BBC: SA targets guns