Police have arrested 14 suspects in connection with various shooting incidents in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats.
Five people were killed and seven others wounded in the area yesterday.
Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says 43 houses in Beacon Valley, Tafelsig and Portlands were searched.
He says suspects aged between 20 and 39 were arrested for murder and attempted murder.
Van Wyk says the members were divided into teams and areas such as Beacon Valley, Tafelsig and Portlands were targeted, and several houses were searched.