Residents gather outside a shop in Assegaai Avenue, Bonteheuwel, where well-known Somalian national Umar was killed.

Police in the Western Cape are offering a cash reward of up to R50 000 to anyone who has information that can assist them with a murder investigation.

Police spokesperson Thembakazi Mpendukana said Bashira Issaka, 35, a Ghanaian national, was shot and killed inside his red container business premises on June 29.

Mpendukana said it's suspected that the assailants were demanding a protection fee from him.

"Nyanga police members responded to a shooting incident on June 29, 2026, at about 15:45 in which Bashira Issaka, 35, a male Ghanaian national was shot and killed inside his red container business premise by suspects who were demanding protection fee from him.