Armed men stormed a house in the KwaMakhutha township, about 30 kilometers south of Durban, on the night of Tuesday, September 22, 2026, and killed at least 11 people attending a party, including a woman believed to be pregnant; three others were wounded, according to South African police cited by The Hindu and Al Jazeera. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli said the assailants entered shortly before 11 p.m. (UTC-4) and that the motive is not known; local broadcaster eNCA reported that the victims were forced into a single room before the shooting. Police said some of the dead were already on the crime intelligence radar over suspected illegal activities and that a feud between rival groupings cannot be ruled out. South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates, with an average of about 60 killings a day in a population of roughly 62 million, according to Al Jazeera.