A total of 1,465 guns and 14,861 rounds of ammunition have been surrendered to the South African police since the amnesty programme to surrender illegal and unwanted firearms was announced on December 1, said the police on Tuesday. The police gave amnesty from prosecution to all those who surrender the illegal and unwanted firearms. The amnesty, which started on December 1, 2019 will end on May 31, 2020. The police are confident that more people will surrender firearms. In November 2019, the police destroyed more than 20,000 firearms which had been used to commit crimes or surrendered by their owners.

Source: Punch January 01, 2020 16:18 UTC