Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa

This document is a list of tables, charts, and acronyms from a report titled "Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa," published by the Institute for Security Studies. It serves as an index of data points regarding firearm licensing, crime statistics, arms exports, and military stockpiles across several Southern African nations.

• The document indexes data on firearm-related activities across several Southern African countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.
• In South Africa, the report tracks various metrics including small arms exports from 1996-2001, the personnel strength of the South African Police Service from 1997-2003, and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) small arms stockpile.
• The data for Lesotho includes firearm-related cases in Magistrates and High Courts between 1998 and 2003, as well as an inventory of Lesotho Defence Force weapons designated for destruction.
• For Botswana, the report lists data on arms exports from 1997-2000, annual firearm applications since 1999, and crime statistics involving firearms organized by district.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (n.d.). Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/HIDETABLES.PDF

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa. n.d. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/HIDETABLES.PDF.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudiesndhide, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Hide and Seek: Taking Account of Small Arms in Southern Africa}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/HIDETABLES.PDF}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }