GOOD Party takes aim at Ian Cameron’s gun use in townships

National Assembly chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police Ian Cameron was attacked in Philippi-East. The GOOD Party’s Brett Herron will challenge the Western Cape Legislature’s Conduct Committee ruling against him, claiming it followed a “dubious quasi-legal process” regarding his concerns about DA MP Ian Cameron carrying a gun for party work in townships. Herron claims the committee’s finding, based on an anonymous, heavily-redacted complaint, resulted from a “secret hearing” where he was not invited to attend and denied the right to be heard, violating the principle ofaudi alteram partem.

Herron claims the committee’s finding, based on an anonymous, heavily-redacted complaint, resulted from a “secret hearing” where he was not invited to attend and denied the right to be heard, violating the principle of He argues the matter is outside the committee’s jurisdiction and will appeal to the Appeals Committee and seek guidance from the National Assembly Speaker on elected representatives carrying firearms during oversight or party work. The controversy stems from an August 2025 incident where DA MP Ian Cameron, traveling with two colleagues, MP Nicholas Gotsell and Lisa Schickerlinf to a high-crime area in Philippi, used his licensed firearm to defend the group after they came under attack. Herron, in a previous statement, criticized the incident, linking it to the DA’s alleged failure in Cape Town and suggesting the celebration of Cameron’s actions reinforced racial divisions.

Cameron has publicly confirmed his affinity for guns, calling himself ‘gun-loving’ and interested in ‘sport shooting.’ “I responded to these events with a statement, issued in my capacity as the Secretary-General of the GOOD party, making the point that the incident contradicted the DA’s claim to be running Cape Town exceptionally well – Philippi clearly isn’t run at all well. Pointing out that Cameron had been hailed in conservative circles for shooting a Black youth, which reinforced old divisions, the statement termed the event reminiscent “of the apartheid propaganda films depicting ‘civilised Whites’ with guns overpowering ‘Black savagery’.”