insert_link South Africa South African Police arrested over 13-thousand in Operation Shanela in the past week The South African Police Service arrested 13-thousand-and-20 suspects in Operation Shanela in the past week. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the arrests include two-thousand-and-52 for serious crimes, 140 for murder, 99 firearms were seized and one-thousand-180 rounds of ammunition confiscated. She emphasised the police's commitment to continue these efforts to combat crime effectively: todayNovember 5, 2024 11
insert_link South Africa Gun Free South Africa calls for urgent reforms Gun Free South Africa director Adèle Kirsten has raised concerns over the weekend mass shooting of 18 people in Lusikisiki. Statistics show that 34 gun-related fatalities are reported daily, with 24 guns lost. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Kirsten is advocating for stricter gun reforms. todayOctober 1, 2024 20
Namibia Nampol urges firearm surrender for Africa Amnesty Month Namibia, alongside other African Union member states, is commemorating Africa Amnesty Month this September. Nampol Chief Inspector Elifas Kuwinga announced that the public has until 30 September 2024 to surrender any illicit or unwanted firearms, ammunition & related materials. todaySeptember 5, 2024 21
insert_link 3 Science & Technology ‘Gun control is dead and we killed it’: unmasking the ‘lonely incel’ who designed the world’s most popular 3D-printed firearm This anonymised image of FGC-9 creator ‘JStark1809’ was posted online with the gun’s designs in 2020. JStark1809/Deterrence Dispensed via Wikimedia, CC BY-NC By Rajan Basra, King's College London Every year, on Easter Sunday, Irish republicans commemorate their martyrs, remembering lives lost during the 1916 Easter Rising and in the years since. Such events have a pattern: a street parade, speeches and flowers at the cemetery. The […] todayJuly 1, 2024 36 3