South African officials are calling for stricter gun controls as the country struggles to come to terms with a spate of fatal shootings that has claimed more than 10 lives in the past month alone.Gauteng provincial Premier Panyaza Lesufi has called for serious action against illegal guns following the public killings of hip hop star Kiernan Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane.  

Popularly known by his stage name of AKA, Forbes and his friend were shot dead on February 10 outside a restaurant in Durban. 

“As a state, it is high time that we take a particular stance and attend to this matter,” Lesufi told the media. 

The death of the rapper is among the latest incidents involving the fatal shooting of South Africans at a public place.

Four other people were killed on Sunday while attending a party in Kwazakhele in the Eastern Cape province.

Another eight people were killed in a deadly shooting incident that left three others seriously injured in the same area. 

Scores others were killed in fatal shootings at taverns in Gauteng and other provinces last year.