Six killed in Meyerton shooting, three suspects arrested

Police have confirmed that six people have died after a shooting incident on the R59 in Meyerton on Tuesday afternoon. Three suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting. Addressing the media at the scene on Tuesday evening, deputy provincial police commissioner Major-General Fred Kekana said a white Nissan Juke accosted a minibus travelling from Park Station in Johannesburg to Lesotho.

“Fortunately, he managed to distract them. The Juke had to cross over the bridge – a small bridge here – and those passengers who were shooting jumped out of their vehicle…” Kekana said the suspects then went up the bridge on foot, where they hijacked a Datsun GO. Members of the South African Police Service (Saps) K9 and Vehicle Crime Investigation Units who happened to be driving past in unmarked vehicles came across the hysterical woman who had just been hijacked.

The woman pointed at the vehicle and explained what had just transpired, Kekana said. “Then a chase ensued up to the Kliprivier area, and they managed to get the vehicle because it landed in a ditch. “The three suspects jumped out, and later on, drones and helicopters were mobilised, and we managed to capture two suspects immediately, right there and then.” The third suspect was arrested at a later stage with the help of Saps biological body fluid and explosive detection dogs. Kekana said further digging revealed that the Nissan the suspects were driving in had been stolen in September 2025.