23/05/2026
The Great Fi****ms Training Scam
In the same example of gutter journalists one Adri Nel and her husband Dawie Nel again sprouted unsubstantiated lies in an effort to deflect attention away from the actual reason they needed to silence us.
In the link below is another systematic breakdown of the largest fi****ms training scam since Karen Webb 3 years ago.
This is not a response to their smear campaign, their smear campaign was an effort to try cover up their scam that we discovered a week after takeover. In fact 3 weeks after takeover we called for a meeting, 21 October 2025.
We have been in contact with PFTC (Professional Fi****ms Training Council) since January 2026 asking for assistance,. We have received absolutely zero support for 500+ cases of proficiencies where the practical shoot was not performed. The targets were either poked with a pen or shot with some other device but certainly no firearm was used.
In some cases there are targets that are signed by Dawie Nel and the student but remain blank.
What is more shocking is that although Dawie Nel was the only person qualified during their time as owners to perform the task of invigilating, marking, uploading to the PFTC LMS system and overseeing the practical shoot, he never did any of these tasks. He merely added his signature when required. All these duties were performed by Koos De Beer who is unqualified, unregistered and unaccredited to perform these duties.
Where the 500+ cases are different from Karen Webb, is that the students HAD to be complicit. In the manuals it is clear you are required to do a practical shoot. Therefore they are complicit in this unlawful behaviour.
However, as we only have the last 5 years to still sift through, the revelation has put a further 3000+ questionable proficiency certificates on the streets. Anyone trained by Marksman Arms before 15 September 2025 is at risk.
We have further uncovered multiple cases of double selling of fi****ms which is only rearing it's head now as fi****ms licences applied for prior to our take over are being approved or denied because fi****ms were moved to places like Dyanamic Arms in Pretoria or to unregistered gun smiths like Mr Black.
We tried our level best to protect clients, to try work with the "regulators" but got no where.
Although it is our opinion that the PFTC should remain as the standard bearers for fi****ms training in South Africa, we only support this if they begin putting in place substantial measures to stop fraud and corruption. There are serious flaws in this industry and one of their main arguments against SASSETA taking over was because it would open fi****ms training to abuse and corruption? 🤯 Pot. Kettle.
https://marksmanarms.co.za/The-Truth-Is-Here/
We have opened a case against the Nel's and we have begun our work to hold them to account with a legal assault as substantial as any other. We will not protect any complicit party.
