"At 11.30pm on Monday, two women aged 19 and 25 were killed and a 24-year-old woman injured in a shooting in Wallacedene, an informal settlement on Cape Town's north-eastern edge, according to South African police. About 10 minutes later, two other women in their 20s were killed by gunshots to the head in a bedroom in the same area, with police saying the incidents may be linked."
"Cape Town is one of the most violent cities in one of the most violent countries in the world. The murder rate in South Africa is behind only Jamaica and Ecuador, according to data from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Last year, Cape Town had the second highest murder rate of any municipality in South Africa, behind Nelson Mandela Bay, and the 16th highest globally, according to Seguridad Justicia y Pas, a Mexican NGO."
"However, the city is deeply divided between opulent suburbs and the poorer Cape Flats townships, where non-white people were forced to move after the apartheid regime passed the Group Areas Act in 1965. Our communities are fearful, Lynn Phillips, from the Cape Flats Safety Forum, told AFP last week at an anti-gang protest. We don't have to switch on Netflix to hear gun violence. We sleep, we eat, and we wake up with gun violence."
Six people were shot dead over two days in Wallacedene and neighbouring Eikendal, including women and two victims aged 20 and 22. One shooting left a 24-year-old woman wounded. A man was shot dead at a magistrates court on 5 September, the third court killing since April. South Africa records some of the highest murder rates globally, behind only Jamaica and Ecuador. Cape Town ranks among the highest municipalities for murder. The city remains deeply divided between wealthy suburbs and impoverished Cape Flats townships, and residents report daily gun violence. Police are carrying out targeted operations to seize firearms and ammunition.
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