@USAmbRSA I am so relieved that RSA is finally getting global attention. I have loved ones in affluent areas, middle class areas and the most dangerous, gang ridden areas. I see our potential but I fear for my family’s lives is a normal part of my life, and I’m tired of it.
33 people are shot dead in South Africa every day. This week, the UN handed that country the gavel at its Arms Trade Treaty conference.
South Africa passed some of the strictest gun laws on earth. Citizens surrendered their guns under threat of prison. Then police tasked with destroying those guns sold them to street gangs.
More than 1,000 murders have been traced to those firearms, including hundreds of children.
The state took their guns and armed their killers.
And South Africa isn’t the cautionary tale at this conference. It’s presiding over it.
So I flew to Geneva and said it to their faces.
Full speech below.
@RadioGenoa Europeans are far too soft to deal with people from low trust societies. Trust me, I live in one. In my hood, we say: “Moenie kraag weg gee nie” which means ‘don’t show weakness’ this refers to the aggressive energy one must display in order to avoid getting robbed. It’s a must