Elsies river
Police investigate shooting involving 2 children and a man in Elsies River
Authorities said the two young girls and man were inside a wendy house, when bullets penetrated the wooden home.
This comes at a time when the country observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children.
Lauren Dryde, a mother of two was robbed and murdered while leaving her place of work in Epping on Friday.
Several crime-rife areas in the Cape have been the scenes of violent crime this weekend.
Reports suggest they were on their way to school when a man opened fire.
Drugs with a street value of around R4 million were also confiscated during a police operation in Elsies River on Friday night.
On Monday, eight-year-old Clarence Solomons was shot dead and a 12-year-old girl was wounded in Epping Forest.
The incident appears to be related to housing issues.
Elsies River ward councillor said that the community had seen an increase in gang violence since lockdown level 3 came into effect, adding that the community was at its wit's end.
An 11-year-old boy has been shot and wounded in a gang-related crossfire in Manenberg, in Cape Town.
Cape Town police say the teenager died shortly after he was shot in the head.
Ward councillor Franchesca Walker said that parts of Leonsdale were volatile at the moment, with relentless shootings.
The boy lives in the same area as Lucracia Williams, who was struck by a stray bullet in Leo Mews flats in 12th Avenue on Tuesday.
Western Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa said no arrests have been made yet.
Mohydin Pangaker, who led detectives to her body, has a string of previous convictions.
The little girl was last seen going to a tuck shop situated near her family home but days later, her body was found in a stormwater drain near Worcester.
Moyhdian Pangaker (54) is accused of snatching eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk outside her Elsies River home earlier this month, killing her and then dumping her body in a stormwater pipe.
Scores of people — including the grieving mother, Carmen van Wyk — are gathered at the United Reformed Church in Elsies River in memory of her slain daughter.
It's alleged that Moehydien Pangaker snatched the girl when she went to a tuckshop across the road from her Elsies River home.