Watch: Gangs shoots at each other in Kewtown, Athlone, Cape Town
The post and video was shared by anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee which captures a chaotic gang shootout in Kewtown, Athlone—a Cape Flats suburb plagued by turf wars—with a 16-second video showing residents, including children, fleeing amid gunfire near a Crime Watch sign, amassing over 20,000 views in hours.
This incident reflects ongoing gang rivalries in Western Cape, where 2025 data from the Institute for Security Studies reported over 3,000 gang-related murders province-wide, often tied to drug trade control in areas like Athlone.
Replies highlight public frustration with delayed SANDF deployments—extended to March 2026 for Cape Town hotspots—amid sarcasm toward local DA governance and calls for urgent intervention to curb the cycle of retaliatory violence.
