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Give Us More Guns - How South Africa's Gangs Were Armed (Paperback)

Mark Shaw

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It was one of the most brutal criminal acts of the post-apartheid era, and its consequences devastating.

Thousands of people died between 2011 – 2019 resulting from one senior police officer’s crime: his decision to sell millions of rands’ worth of guns. Colonel Christiaan Prinsloo, former head of the Gauteng firearm license division, and his network of cronies sold guns decommissioned by the SAPS to South Africa’s gang lords. The sale of such weapons led to a killing spree of unprecedented proportions.

Based on interviews with police and the criminal underworld, this book tells the story of this callous crime for the first time. Shaw explores how the illegally sold guns got into the hands of South Africa’s crime bosses. The book describes the bloodbath that ensued and uncovers accounts of rampant corruption within the police and in the gun-licensing system, probing the government failure that has been instrumental in arming the country’s gangsters.

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Imprint: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Country of origin: South Africa
Release date: March 2021
Authors: Mark Shaw
Dimensions: 230 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 978-1-86842-878-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General
Books > Local Author Showcase > Politics
LSN: 1-86842-878-8
Barcode: 9781868428786

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