CRIME SCENE: Khayamandi, Stellenbosch: Provincial serious violent crime detectives have launched a manhunt for suspects believed to be behind several shooting incidents in Khayamandi on Friday evening, 22 May 2026 and one on Saturday.

The five incidents left seven people dead.

Official police reports indicate that one incident occurred in Mgabadeli where a 46-year-old man was shot and killed after he returned from work, allegedly by three gunmen who fled thereafter.

In Thubelisha, two males aged 27 and 32 were also shot by yet-to-be identified gunmen at approximately 21:00.

Meanwhile in Fire Street, police discovered the bodies of a 27-year-old man and a woman aged 26 in a shack with gunshot wounds at 21:10.

Police on patrol were flagged down and alerted to another incident in Luyolo Street between the shacks where they discovered the body of a 33-year-old man with gunshot wounds.

In the early hours of Saturday morning, police were called out to 7th Avenue where the body of a 37-year-old man was also discovered with gunshot wounds.

The motive for the shooting incidents is the subject of the police. The detectives are also probing whether the incidents are linked. No arrests have been made.