01969cam a2200301 b 4500 3228 20250919122501.0 210511s2021 sa 000 0 eng d 9781868428786 (paperback) MPL 3228 rda english 364.1066 SHAW Shaw, Mark, author. Give us more guns : how South Africa's gangs were armed / Mark Shaw. Cape Town, South Africa : Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021. 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references and index. "The assassination of police investigator Charl Kinnear in Cape Town in 2020 was yet one more in a spate of murders related to the so-called 'guns to gangs' saga, in which state weapons are sold to South Africa's criminal underworld. The assassination of police investigator Charl Kinnear in Cape Town in 2020 was yet one more in a spate of murders related to the so-called 'guns to gangs' saga, in which state weapons are sold to South Africa's criminal underworld. Give us more Guns, based on hundreds of interviews with police, experts and the gangsters themselves, tells the story of this callous crime for the first time. Mark Shaw explores how the guns get into the hands of South Africa's crime bosses and describes the bloodshed that ensues. He also uncovers accounts of rampant corruption within the police and in the state's gun-licensing system, probing the government failure that has been instrumental in arming the country's gangsters." --Back cover. Aggressiveness in youth South Africa. Young men South Africa. Youth and violence South Africa. Youth South Africa Social conditions. Gangsters South Africa. ddc BOOK 175 Naomi Ntsimane 175 Naomi Ntsimane 786179 786178 0 0 ddc 0 0 300 STANRL SECL GEN 2025-09-19 442.75 0 364.1066 SHAW 3228200035985 2025-09-19 2025-09-19 BOOK