Illegal guns, gangs turn SA cities into killing fields

Illegal firearms have been identified as the weapon of choice for murders in South Africa’s nine metro cities, where the average murder rate is well above the national average murder rate, according to the 2018 State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report.

SAPS investigations and court proceedings have implicated corrupt police officials as one source of the illegal firearms. “It is true that we need more policing, but police alone is not the answer to the high crime and murder rate in the province. De Lille said she had several campaigns in place to deal with these issues, including focusing on drug and alcohol prevention among the youth.

She called on the education department to help with the high school dropout rates and on the women in the city to play the role of mothers and social workers which, she said, was lacking in the province.

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