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WATCH | Crime In SA | Calls for urgent action to end violence

PRETORIA - The recent mass shootings in the Eastern Cape have reignited calls for authorities to urgently address gun violence. 

In just a week, 24 people were gunned down in two separate incidents in the Eastern Cape.  

READ: Six killed, four injured in Qumbu mass shooting

Five other people, all women, were gunned in separate  incidents in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.

These senseless murders suggest that police are struggling to rid the streets of illegal firearms.

Professor Jacob Mofokeng, Crime and Violence expert, spoke to eNCA. 

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