Kaapse gangs smokkel firearms from Namibia

GLOBAL Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC) says Cape gangs are smokkeling guns in from Namibia

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE AND MANYANE MANYANE

International organised crime expert Mark Shaw of GI-TOC said South Africa ranked seventh globally on his organisation's crime index as waves of violence devastate the Cape.

Comparing it to countries such as Colombia, Mexico, and Italy, he warned that the country required “a joined-up, strategic response”.

He met with acting police minister Firoz Cachalia, Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Anroux Marais and Premier Alan Winde on Wednesday.