It has been one mass shooting after the other in Cape Town and in the past weekend alone, 10 people lost their lives in separate incidents.

Police spokesperson Andre Traut said they are investigating links and the motive behind these deadly incidents. He said on Saturday, four men were shot and killed in Mandela Square in Hout Bay. On the same day, in Heinz Park, three people including a teenager, were murdered. Hours later, another three men were killed in Heinz Park. "In one of the incidents, four armed suspects opened fire at a group of three men aged 17, 34 and 41, killing them on the scene at 15:30 in Roos Street. The suspects fled and are yet to be apprehended. The motives for the two triple murders, a day apart, in the same area are yet to be determined and the possibility that the two incidents are linked is not excluded."

DA Western Cape spokesperson on Community Safety Gillion Bosman said the mass killings came as shock to them. "The DA in the Western Cape is shocked and saddened to learn that seven people were murdered in two separate incidents on Saturday night. The implication of these incidents is clear, the SAPS must come to the table and fix long-standing problems of under-resourcing in the Western Cape, before more lives are lost," Bosman said. The police continued to express concern over the killings and confirmed that more than 15 people were killed in gun violence in the province in the past week. No one has been arrested regarding the weekend shootings.