An Institute for Security Studies report Strengthening the SAPS for a safer South Africa: Recommendations for police reform calls on SA’s new government to prioritise gun control to reduce violent crime nationally. According to Gareth Newham, Head of the ISS’ Justice and Violence Prevention Programme, “we have to get on top of our murder rate” which is “driven by firearms.”
STATEMENT: Welcome policy think-tank call for gun control to reduce violent crime in SA