Cape Flats Shootings: 10 Shot in Horrific Nyanga Taxi Rank Shooting

• A total of 10 people were shot in a shooting at a taxi rank on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape, as the number of shootings in November increases
• The incident happened at the Nyanga Taxi rank, and two people reportedly died, and multiple others were injured
• The South African Police Service is investigating the incident, and the motive behind the shooting is unknown

Tebogo Mokwena, Briefly News’ Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk, South Africa, covered a range of criminal activities, including cash-in-transit heists, kidnappings, taxi violence, shootings, police investigations, police shootouts, and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years.

CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE — Two people were killed when a shooting took place in Nyanga in the Cape Flats on 12 November 2025. A total of 10 people were shot, and many were rushed to the hospital.

According to Eyewitness News, several unidentified suspects started shooting at a taxi, injuring several people. The South African Police Service was dispatched to the scene immediately. The police are investigating two counts of murder and eight counts of attempted murder.

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3 killed on Cape Flats

The South African Police Service has also launched a manhunt after three bodies were found in Lentegeur in Mitchells Plain. The killings were linked to gang-related activities, and the three victims, a man and two women, were found with multiple gunshot wounds.

The province's commissioner, General Thembisile Patekile, condemned the shootings and said that the police will continue fighting gangsterism, which has no place in communities.

Cape Flats shootings in November

Multiple shootings took place on 2 November 2025 on the Cape Flats. Six people were killed in the separate shootings. One was killed and another was injured in a shooting in Kensington. In another incident, a body was discovered behind the Lentegeur police station. A man and a woman were shot dead in Muizenburg. In the fourth shooting, another individual was shot and killed in Steenberg.

A total of 11 lives were lost in 24 hours as one person was gunned down in Muizenberg on 5 November. Four people were killed in separate shooting incidents between 4 and 5 November in Philippi East. Three people were gunned down in the Marikana informal settlement on 5 November, and a man was shot and killed at a taxi rank the night before.

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Delft shooting leaves 3 dead

In a related article, Briefly News reported that another shooting in the Cape Flats resulted in the loss of multiple lives. Three people were shot dead in Delft on 9 November 2025, and three were injured in a separate shooting in Elsies River on the same day.

According to the police, the victims were found with multiple gunshot wounds in the morning. The suspects opened fire on them and fatally struck them before escaping the scene. In the Elsies' River shooting, a shootout occurred between two gangs in Clarke Estate. A 12-year-old boy, a 44-year-old woman, and a 30-year-old man were shot and wounded.

Source: Briefly News