Izibalo ezisemthethweni ziveza ukuthi abantu abayi-10,613 eNingizimu Afrika babulawa kusetshenziswa izibhamu ezingenayo ilayisensi ngonyaka wezimali ka-2022/2023, uma kuqhathaniswa nabangu-120 ababulawa ngezibhamu ezisemthethweni, ngokusho kwedatha eyethulwe uMnyango Wezamaphoyisa. Izibalo zikhomba ukuthi cishe konke ukubulawa kwabantu okuhlobene nezibhamu kwenziwa ngezikhali ezingekho emthethweni, okugcizelela izinselelo ekulawulweni kwezibhamu kanye nokuphepha komphakathi.

Izibhamu Ezingekho Emthethweni Zilawula Izibalo Zokubulawa Kwabantu eNingizimu Afrika

Ngokusho kwe-South African Police Service (SAPS), kusukela ngo-Okthoba kuya kuDisemba 2024, izibhamu zasetshenziswa ekubulawa kwabantu okungu-2,886 kwabangu-6,953 abaqoshwe ezweni lonke. UNgqongqoshe Wamaphoyisa uSenzo Mchunu uthe, “Siyazi ukuthi ukubulala nezikhali, okungukuthi izibhamu, nezibhamu ezingekho emthethweni, kuyahambisana,” ngesikhathi senkulumo-mpikiswano yabezindaba yakamuva ebikwe yi-Eyewitness News. Uphenyo olwengeziwe olwethulwe yi-IOL ngoJanuwari 2026 luthole ukuthi izibhamu ezingekho emthethweni ezingu-99% ezweni manje zivela ezweni, okuphambene namashumi eminyaka edlule lapho ukushushumbiswa kwezwe lonke kwakudlange kakhulu.

Imithombo Yasekhaya Nokwehluleka Kwesistimu Kuqokonyisiwe

Ochwepheshe baqinisekisa ukwehluleka kwesistimu ekulawulweni kwezibhamu eNingizimu Afrika. UClaire Taylor we-Gun Free SA waphawula, “Ukushushumbisa izibhamu ngaphesheya kwemingcele kwehle kakhulu kusukela ngawo-1990,” ekhomba ukuvuza okuvela emaphoyiseni nasemasosheni njengomthombo oyinhloko wezibhamu ezingekho emthethweni. I-BusinessTech ibike ukuthi ukubulawa kwabantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 eminyakeni yamuva kuye kwenziwa kusetshenziswa izibhamu ezazikhona ku-SAPS, okugqamisa ukuwohloka kokuphathwa kwezibhamu ngokusemthethweni kanye nokuziphendulela.

Uhulumeni ubhekene nengcindezi ekhulayo yokuqinisa amasu okuphatha izibhamu, kanti abameli banxusa ukuqapha okuqinile kwezikhali zamaphoyisa nezempi ukuze kuvinjelwe ukugeleza kwezikhali zasekhaya emakethe yobugebengu.

Noma yiziphi izinyathelo ezintsha noma okutholakele kophenyo oluvela ku-SAPS noma ePhalamende kulindeleke ukuthi kumenyezelwe ezinyangeni ezizayo.