“Show Us Their Faces”: Concerned Citizen Confronts Kempton Park Police Over the 5 Women’s Deaths

• A concerned citizen walked into Kempton Park SAPS to challenge officers over their response to the deaths of five women in the area
• The man presented findings suggesting a serial killer may be targeting women across Kempton Park and surrounding areas over the past eight weeks
• Viewers were disturbed by footage of officers appearing unbothered while community members raised alarm about women's safety

A Kempton Park man walked into his local police station on 15 September 2026 and refused to stay quiet. Visibly emotional, he confronted officers about what he described as a shocking pattern of violence against women in the area, and the footage has since sparked widespread outrage online.

The man told officers that five women had been killed across Kempton Park and surrounding areas over the past eight weeks. He alleged the deaths pointed to a recurring pattern, possibly the work of a serial killer targeting vulnerable women in the community. His anger, however, was not only directed at the crimes themselves but at what he saw as a deeply troubling lack of urgency from the very people meant to protect residents.

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Officers accused of treating deaths "like a joke"

According to the man in the video, officers inside the station appeared indifferent to his concerns. He accused them of treating the deaths as unimportant and failing to take basic steps such as increasing patrols in areas where women were at risk. Instead, he suggested, they were comfortable inside the station while danger continued outside.

The video shared by X user @t_junction1 struck a nerve with viewers, many of whom said the behaviour on display was emblematic of a broader crisis of trust in South African policing.

Watch the confrontation at Kempton Park SAPS in the X video below:

Mzansi reacts with anger and frustration

The video tapped into a deep vein of public frustration over femicide and police accountability in South Africa. For many watching, the man's outburst inside the station reflected what communities across the country have long been saying: that reporting crimes to police often leads nowhere, while women continue to pay the price.

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@Rease_18 said:

"That police station is messed up."

@AlettaMzim51859 wrote:

"Why must we always go to the police station? People are getting killed outside the police station."

@BlessingsHvp said:

"@SAPoliceService, look at your police officers enjoying heaters at night instead of climbing the vans and patrolling."

@tshepisolelakah shared:

"There's no police station that's not corrupt at all; they're all the same, and believe me, all our leaders know that and they don't care, whatsoever."

@BlessingsHvp added:

"Show us their faces."

@GroupLibo

"Well done! We need patriots like you."

3 more articles related to the Kempton Park murders

• A local woman living in China completed a tearful 5km tribute run to honour fellow runner Tsontso and four other Kempton Park murder victims, sparking widespread anger over women's safety in South Africa.
• Briefly News reported that Women For Change slammed SA's response to GBV after five women's bodies were discovered across Kempton Park and Olifantsfontein within a single month.
• Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga demanded urgent action to protect women in public spaces following serial killer fears sparked by a fifth body discovery near Kempton Park.

Source: Briefly News