Lobby group Gun ... South Africa (GFSA) expressed concern over the alarming statistic that firearms were used in 2 886 ...

South Africa's police service is coming under intense criticism for allegedly doing little to tackle the country's rampant gun violence ... country's escalating crime rate. The latest crime ...

Numbers and statistics are essential for understanding crime. They tell us how many crimes were recorded during a certain period, the types of crime, and where they took place (or, at least, the ...

As summarised in Table 2, the latest quarterly crime statistics ... gun owners have not always complied with the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (FCA). Failures include: Not relicensing firearms under ...

The long-term trend for murder rates (Chart 1 ... violent crime in South Africa. The first is the prevalence of organised crime, which drives most robberies, kidnappings and gun violence.

According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa's murder rate of 45 per 100,000 ... intelligence could result in better control of illegal firearms and higher quality ...

Gun Free South ... legal guns feed violent crime in South Africa, while they were also being used by licensed owners in crimes such as intimate femicide-suicide. Statistics show that between ...

South Africa is among the largest contributors to gun-related violent crime on the continent, according to Gun Free South Africa (GFSA). The latest statistics ... Calls for gun control after ...

South Africa's latest crime statistics debunk claims that a genocide is being committed against white people, the country's police minister has said. The widely discredited allegation was ...

If South Africa is indeed turning a corner, what could be the cause, and how can we sustain the trend? The long-term trend for murder rates (Chart 1 ... of organised crime, which drives most robberies ...