CHARMAIN NAIDOO: The gruesome games of children with guns
'Of course all of this ends, inevitably, with someone like the new Police Minister Fikile Mbalula calling for a shoot-to-kill policy'
Did you know that South Africa has the second highest rate of gun-related deaths in the world? An astonishing nine and a half (go figure) deaths are reported per 100,000 people, a figure beaten only by the United States where there are ten (and a half) deaths for every 100,000 people. Guns have been much on my mind this past week. It’s a long story. A few months ago my MacBook Air, bought – I think – around 2010 began to hiss and spit every time I logged into my Gmail account. An angry message appeared at the top of my screen: This version of Chrome is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a supported browser. So, I went to the website and downloaded what was supposed to be a supporting browser, five times in total apparently, though I have no memory of it. Still the message telling me my email was no longer supported by Chrome appeared. Then my lower back went out; excruciating pain as my sacroiliac joint (the one you use to turn in bed, for those of you who have never had need of...
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