Multiple Fatal Shootings Reported Across Cape Flats Over 24 Hours

• Multiple shootings were reported across the Cape Flats, with several killed and others injured
• Incidents occurred in various locations, including Manenberg, Athlone, Eastridge, and Hanover Park
• Social media users shared their opinions regarding the fatal shooting incident on the Cape Flats

Justin Williams, a journalist at Briefly News since 2024, covers South Africa’s current affairs. Before joining Briefly News, he served as a writer and chief editor at Right for Education Africa’s South African chapter.

WESTERN CAPE, CAPE FLATS - A series of fatal shootings across several Cape Flats areas between 31 March and the morning of 1 April 2026 left multiple people dead and others wounded.

Multiple killed in Cape Flats shootings

Journalist Yusuf Abramjee reported that in Manenberg, three people were killed, and three others were wounded in separate shooting incidents reported in Elbe Street, Tousberg Street and Renoster Street. The shootings occurred at different times throughout the day. In Athlone, a man was shot and critically wounded in Yusuf Gool Street. In Eastridge, Mitchells Plain, an adult male was shot dead in Katdoring Street on Tuesday night, 31 March 2026.

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Another fatal shooting was reported in Salt River, where a man was killed in a drive-by shooting on Shelley Street. In Hanover Park, one person was shot dead in Rywood Walk on Tuesday night, while a separate incident in Steenberg resulted in a fatal shooting at the intersection of Beethoven and Flute streets.

Violence continued into Wednesday morning, 1 April 2026. In Hanover Park, two people were shot dead inside a shack in Turburg Walk. In Westridge, Mitchells Plain, an adult male was shot dead near a BP garage on Cedars Avenue Road between Westridge and Rocklands. A further shooting in Hanover Park left one person wounded in a drive-by attack on Ryston Road, Tiberius Court, marking the third reported shooting incident in the area since Tuesday night.

What did South Africans say?

Social media users shared their thoughts on the fatal shootings.

@Vhakhonimajor said:

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"I wonder who is going to save the country from the hands of criminals. Clearly, the government has failed to combat crime."

@sukoluhle0101 said:

"I’m reading through these reports, and I’m actually speechless. 11+ shootings in less than 24 hours? Across Manenberg, Mitchells Plain, Hanover Park... It sounds like a literal war zone."

@inathi03057471 said:

"Soldiers won't help here alone; the government needs to bring PKTT on the ground."

@Magoshi7 said:

"Didn't they deploy soldiers in that trouble area?"

@UyphiwoM said:

"It’s a war communiqué. All bleeding in a single 24 hour window. When does monitoring the situation turn into actual territorial control? The Cape Flats is under siege."

Cape Town's bloody weekend: 15 reported deaths amid surging shootings

Briefly News also reported that multiple shootings across Cape Town from Friday, 13 March, to Sunday, 15 March 2026, left numerous people dead and several others wounded, with incidents reported in multiple communities.

On Friday, 13 March 2026, two people were shot and killed at the corner of Mew Way and Old Faure Road in Mfuleni. In a separate incident in Cloetesville, Stellenbosch, two people were shot on Pine Road. One victim died while another was wounded.

Source: Briefly News