Two men were shot and killed in Lwandle on Thursday 20 August in the latest incident of ongoing taxi violence in the Helderberg.

Sgt Wesley Twigg, provincial police spokesperson, confirmed Lwandle police had registered two counts of murder after a shooting incident that claimed the lives of two men, aged 33 and 52.

It occurred at 05:25 on the corner of Hlathi Drive and Private Road, Lwandle, where the men were shot and fatally wounded before the suspects fled the scene.

“On arrival on the scene officers found one victim who was declared dead on the scene by medical personnel,” said Twigg, “while the other was transported to a medical facility but declared dead on arrival.”

The circumstances surrounding the shooting were under investigation, but police believe the motive to be taxi-related.

No arrests had been made and the suspects had yet to be arrested.

The incident followed a wave of taxi violence across the Helderberg since June, which saw shootings in Strand, Firgrove, Kleinvlei and Makhaza.

In July three men were fatally shot in Lwandle over one weekend in violence linked to the ongoing taxi route dispute between the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (Cata) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (Codeta) (“Deadly taxi chaos erupts”, DistrictMail & Helderberg Gazette, 8 July 2026).

Last month the Western Cape High Court handed suspended 90-day prison sentences to Codeta and 23 individuals for defying court orders prohibiting intimidation and interference on key public transport routes between Khayelitsha and Somerset West, which was welcomed by Isaac Sileku, Western Cape minister for Mobility (“Taxi: Courts clamp down“, 29 July 2026).

The latest incident comes just three weeks after the ruling.

 Lwandle police have urged anyone with any information about the shooting incident to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the mobile application MySAPS anonymously.