Gang crossfire
2 CT children caught in suspected gang crossfire in hospital
In one shootout in Manenberg, an 11-year-old was shot in the stomach while a 12-year-old Elsies River girl was shot and wounded.
Police say that the child was walking with a friend when armed men in a car opened fire on a group of men, who were standing at the corner of a street.
A small group of protesters marched to Parliament to demand an end to gang violence.
Jayden Smith died after he was struck by a gangster's stray bullet outside his home last week.
Last week a spate of shootings left at least four people dead.
The girl has suffered a bullet wound to the chest and has been admitted to hospital in critical condition.
The children, aged between 8 and 14, were wounded after being caught in gang crossfire in Mitchells Plain.
An 8-year-old boy has been hospitalised after being shot in the back by a stray bullet.
Family members of three-year-old Luke Tibbetts say they're relieved another suspect was arrested.
Some attending the funeral cried aloud as they viewed the 10-year-old’s body in a tiny coffin.
Police say no arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old Hanover Park boy.
Over the weekend, a three-year-old girl died after she was caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting.
Children have been severly affected by escalating gang violence in Cape Town over the past week.
A 10-year-old WesBank girl has died and at least four others wounded in a suspected gang shooting.
12-year-old Jucinta Matroos was killed in crossfire between rival gangs at the weekend.
Three people died and 11 injured in gang-related shooting in the area at the weekend.
Six-year-old grade 1 pupil Jermaine Taylor was caught in gang crossfire on his first day of school.
Six-year-old Hope van der Merwe was killed in a crossfire between gangs in Mitchells Plain.
Police are searching for suspects after a six-year-old girl was shot and killed in a gang fight.