South Africa is facing an increase in gun violence and, according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), there are about 3.8 million unregistered, illegal firearms in circulation in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The GI-TOC said while the exact figure for the number of illicit firearms in circulation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is not readily available, it is estimated that there are about 3.8 million unregistered illegal firearms in circulation in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
The past weekend was a bloody one, with hip-hop maestro AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, and his friend and former manager Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane gunned down outside a popular eatery on Durban’s Florida Road on Friday evening.
That same night, a traditional healer was also shot and…