CRIME SCENE: Malmesbury, Swartland: Another mass shooting has rocked the Western Cape.

This time the once quite town of Malmesbury is affected where a shooting incident left two people dead and three injured on Wednesday morning, 24 June 2026 at about 9am.

According to Constable Ndakhe Gwala, a media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, Malmesbury police responded to the incident at the corner of Tinki-tinki and Kiewet Street in Wesbank.   

“The motive for the shooting is believed to be gang related. Anti-Gang Unit detectives are investigating two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder,” said Gwala.

In other mass shootings in the Western Cape recently:

● Four men were shot and killed and another wounded in Lotus River on Thursday night, 18 June 2026.

● One person was killed and five injured on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 at around 18:30 in Rio Grande Walk, Manenbrg.

● Three people were shot dead at around 15:45 in Langa on Sunday afternoon, 7 June 2026.  

● On Saturday night, 6 June 2026 at around 19:00 three men were shot and killed at a fruit and vegetable stall in Lower Crossroads, Philippi East.

● Four men were killed in a taxi related shooting in Nyanga on Tuesday morning, 2 June 2026 at around 08:30.