South Arican Gun Registration Not Working Well

Government efforts to get a firm grip on the millions of firearms in circulation are headed for a spectacular misfire, with only 163 licence renewals completed so far this year.

If police were to keep pace with the stringent requirements of the new law and their programme to tighten gun ownership in South Africa, they would have to process 600 000 licence renewals this year - more than 4 000 a day. . . .