insert_link South Africa Owning a gun in South Africa offers some safety, but risks run high for users and society – expert By Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch University South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore, South African police crime data shows that South Africans experience above average levels of robbery, assault and rape. The 2022/23 Victims of Crime survey, which surveyed a representative sample of 42,746 South Africans, showed that the population had […] todayApril 29, 2024 9