South Africans have handed over thousands of guns since Police Minister Bheki Cele declared an Amnesty between 1 December 2019 to 30 May 2020.
Since December 1, the following number of guns have been handed over:
Gauteng – 527
Western Cape – 514
KwaZulu-Natal – 309
Eastern Cape – 189
Limpopo – 252
Mpumalanga – 173
Free State – 163
Northern Cape – 48
North West – 91.
One person in Johannesburg, Chris Van Den Berg handed over 298 guns. He is an armes dealer and says the weapons were no longer needed but were still functional.
