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 There is a new Airport Act that requires all luggage (domestic and international) to be screened.

Various airports in South Africa are finding ammunition in checked bags that are not packed correctly. The owners of these luggage are called back to unlock bags so the ammunition can be taken out and be sent to the next destination in a plastic bag. This is causing delays to the departure of the aircraft and disgruntled passengers.

It also causes problems as passengers check their bags to the final destination on departure from say Port Elizabeth and they find themselves with ammunition and no where to put it, when they arrive in Johannesburg.

With immediate effect all firearms must be packed and transported in an approved firearm case:

Ammunition must be packed in a lockable box with key and placed in the checked luggage. (There are still people arriving and trying to depart with firearms in their checked luggage)

*Ammo found in checked luggage in a manufacturer's box or just thrown in will be taken out and put into a plastic bag and sent to the next destination. It is then the responsibility of the passenger to get the ammo home, which he can't do if his luggage has been checked through to his home base.

There are two options here:

1. The passenger adheres to having the ammo put into a locked box OR
2. They check bags to their departure airport. Collect bags and firearms, ammo in the plastic bag and then goes and rechecks onto the flight home.