Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association director, Muneeb Gambeno, said that more than 20,000 performers from 18 minstrel troupes would parade through the streets of Cape Town on Saturday.
The five-year-old girl was raped and stabbed, allegedly by a local man who is believed to still be at large within the community.
The department's chief operating officer, Saadiq Kariem, said that on New Year's Day, emergency centers saw 8,194 admissions, including 2,549 trauma cases.