Eleven people were shot dead in separate incidents in Langa, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha overnight. Western Cape police have reinforced deployments in affected areas.
Police are investigating two shootings in Lwandle, which claimed the lives of two men and wounded one. Both incidents are linked to the taxi industry.
Police are investigating a murder after a decomposed body was found inside an abandoned house near Sea View Flats in Hangberg.
Tiffany Meek (31), the mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek who was found murdered in Johannesburg in May, appeared in court on Monday following her arrest last week.
The crowdfunding campaign set up to support the family of murdered Paige Bell had raised over $50,000 (about R892 000) by Friday morning.