CAPE TOWN - As gang violence continues unabated on the Cape Flats, children are increasingly becoming victims.
Despite the presence of the army, two boys aged 12 and 13 have been shot dead in separate incidents in just over a week.
Six-year-old Yaseemah is still fighting for her life in the hospital.
She was struck in the head on the morning of the 9th of April, while playing outside her home.
On Friday, the 10th of April, a 38-year-old Delft woman was shot and killed for alleged drug dealing.
Her 12-year-old son was also shot and killed when gunmen entered their house and opened fire on the two.
On Tuesday, the 14th, four young boys were shot and injured in Bonteheuwel in a drive-by shooting while standing outside a shop. Viz@ WHATSAPP VIDEO OF SHOOTING
The next day, Wednesday the 15th, a 13-year-old boy died after being shot in the head along with his father and two other adults in this house in Delft.
Callas Foundation’s senior social worker, Phelisa Mashiyi said entering volatile areas is difficult.
“So if police don't want to go in, then it makes it difficult for support structures to assist; then that responsibility falls on community organisations like the Callas Foundation, but we are only able to go and assist after the fact."