Afriforum's says data provided to it by the department shows that the police had lost exactly 7829 firearms between 2009 and 2014. Kwa Zulu- Natal recorded the highest number of lost and stolen police firearms - 1908 in total.

Afriforum's Ian Cameron says Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has admitted some of the firearms may have been used in violent and serious crime

"In the last five years robbery aggregated has increased by about 30%. It will probably increase even more. The story is the same with cash and transit heists, they have also increased. Looking at murder in the past year, 18 000 people were killed."





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