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

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.

Two people were shot asnd killed when armed suspects fired shots at a taxi in Nyanga in the Cape Flats
A shooting took place in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. Image: DodgertonSkillhause/ MorgueFile
Source: UGC

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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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is the Deputy Head of the Current Affairs desk and a current affairs writer at Briefly News. With a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON, he has a strong background in digital journalism, having completed training with the Google News Initiative. He began his career as a journalist at Daily Sun, where he worked for four years before becoming a sub-editor and journalist at Capricorn Post. He then joined Vutivi Business News in 2020 before moving to Briefly News in 2023.