Police say a manhunt has been launched after the attack in the southeast of the country, were mass shootings have lately become common.
Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two houses in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, according to the police.
A search was under way for the suspects, national police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said in a statement on Saturday.
The shooting took place on Friday night in the town of Lusikisiki in Eastern Cape province in southeastern South Africa.
Video released by police showed the shooting occurred at two houses in the same neighbourhood, which is a collection of rural homesteads on the outskirts of the town.
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