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The use of guns in crime remains high in South Africa. The annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS) for 2000 found that death caused by firearms is higher in South Africa than death occurring through road traffic accidents or any other external cause of non-natural death. The government maintains that controlling firearms remains a priority and is focusing on the implementation of the Firearms Control

Examines the role of scientists & other skilled professionals in the creation & development of the nuclear, biological, & chemical (NBC) weapons program in South Africa during apartheid, drawing on newly available public records on Project Coast (the program's code name). Analysis demonstrates how these scientists & engineers were influenced by political factors & were able to shape the NBC program to suit their own or other special interests. Ways that existing international treaties & the UN Security Council's Resolution 1540, adopted in Apr 204, can help prevent the proliferation of NBC weapons, particularly by nonstate actors, are explored; the necessity of multilevel deterrence is discussed. K. Hyatt Stewart

In 2003 the South African Police Service intensified its efforts to confiscate illegal firearms and check legal owners' compliance with the firearms legislation. The initiative with the highest profile was Operation Sethunya ('firearm') run from April to September 2003. Sethunya was the largest ever police effort in the country focused exclusively on stemming the proliferation of firearms. The amount of weapons and ammunition collected during the operation is impressive, but what impact has it had on the number of illicit firearms in circulation?