Four more suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting attack at the Cape Town Station deck and Nyanga taxi rank on Monday.
Seven people were injured in the CBD attack, while five were killed in the shooting in Nyanga.
SAPS’ Noloyiso Rwexana says the four, between 31 and 35 years, were arrested by a task team and Railway Police.
“They will appear in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court [today] where they are facing charges of attempted murder,” Rwexana said.
The first two men arrested for the shooting made their first appearance in court on Wednesday.
Sinethemba Mngambi from Lusaka in Nyanga and Siyabulela Velile from Paarl are charged with seven counts of attempted murder, reckless endangerment to person or property, and discharge of a firearm in a public place.
Mngambi, 31, also faces an additional charge of being in possession of an illegal firearm.
He was arrested by a traffic officer shortly after the shooting when he tried to flee.
The second suspect, Velile, 39, was arrested a day later.
Terrified commuters ran for cover when shots rang out at the city taxi rank at noon on Monday as the gunmen started shooting randomly while running.
A wheelchair-bound woman was among the seven wounded in the attack.
Nine hours after the city shooting, five people were killed and three others injured by unidentified gunmen at the Nyanga taxi terminus.
Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa said four men between the ages of 30 and 36 died on the scene.
“Three others were taken to a medical facility after sustaining serious injury. A fifth victim died in hospital. Two other victims, who sustained injury remains in hospital,” she said.
NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila confirmed the two accused appeared at the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning.
“They are charged with seven counts of attempted murder, reckless endangerment to person or property, discharge of a firearm in a public place and illegal possession of a firearm (accused 1 only),” he said.
“Their case has been postponed to 2 December 2020 for bail information.”
Meanwhile, Transport and Public Works MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela believes extortion is the link to the spate of taxi-related attacks.
He called an urgent meeting with the leaders of taxi associations Cata, Codeta and Santaco to express his concerns about their failure to stop the violence.
The latest attacks bring the total number of taxi-related murders in the Western Cape to 92 since the start of the year.
“These crimes include increasing reports of extortion by criminal elements allegedly aligned to Cata and Codeta,” said Madikizela.
“Authorities have been inundated with complaints from staff and learner transport operators, as well as private companies, of their vehicles being stopped at roadblocks set up by uniformed taxi industry patrollers in marked vehicles, who impose fines or ‘release fees’ after redirecting vehicles to the ranks that they control.”