ENTRENCHED CRIME
South Africa, the continent’s most industrialised nation, is grappling with entrenched crime and corruption driven by organised networks.
Shootings are common and are often fuelled by gang violence and alcohol.
Many people own licensed firearms for personal protection but there are many more illegal guns in circulation despite relatively strict gun ownership laws.
Some 63 people were killed each day between April and September, according to police data, one of the world’s highest murder rates.
Most deaths stemmed from arguments, with robberies and gang violence also driving the toll, police said last month.
In October, two teenagers were killed and five others wounded in a gang‑related shooting in Johannesburg, the country’s financial capital
In another incident in May, gunmen killed eight customers at a tavern in the southeastern city of Durban.
Last year, 18 relatives were shot dead at a rural homestead in the country’s Eastern Cape Province.Â
Source: CNA
