Elsies river
Elsies River police launch manhunt for gunmen after three people shot
Two men were killed during the incident on Saturday, while a woman was left wounded and transported to a medical facility.
Authorities said the victims were sitting inside a white VW Golf vehicle when gunmen opened fire.
The man accused of killing eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk was arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape about a week after the child's disappearance in February 2020 and led police to her body in a stormwater pipe along the N1 near Worcester.
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.