Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Gun Free South Africa proposed recovering illicit firearms, tracing every gun to its last lawful possession, closing supply routes and using ballistics intelligence to disrupt criminal networks.

A study across four southern African countries linked concentrations of alcohol outlets, particularly taverns, with higher incidences of gender-based violence; activists called for a licensing moratorium.

At least 196 people have been killed in 41 South African mass shootings during 2026, according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, which warned the figure may be an undercount.

Police found the estranged husband of murdered Tembisa woman Boitumelo Mashita dead in his vehicle in Midrand; investigators suspect he ingested an unknown substance and await a post-mortem.

City Power said Johannesburg CBD electricity would return in phases after another substation fire, but could not confirm when full supply would be restored following repeated outages.