SAPS Increases Police Presence in Reiger Park After Shooting
- The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has announced plans to deploy additional officers to Reiger Park
- This comes after six people were shot and killed in a drive-by mass shooting on Saturday, 1 November 2025
- The move to deploy more police officers aims to prevent and address further violence in the area
- Speaking exclusively to Briefly News, Haroon Sader explained why it was hard to eliminate gangsterism
Following a drive-by shooting in Reiger Park, Boksburg, that left six people dead on Saturday, 1 November 2025, SAPS National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola announced the deployment of additional police officers to the area.
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What did Masemola say?
Masemola met with the Acting Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Major General Fred Kekana, to discuss the police’s response to the shooting. The commissioner said that such incidents cannot continue happening in the area. He said that the officers who have been deployed to stabilise the area will remain in the area. Masemola stated that more investigators will be sent to the area to work on the cases.
He urged the community to work with law enforcement to make swift arrests. He said that parents should take charge of their children. Kekana told SABC News that the shooting occurred following the funeral of an alleged gang member.
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He explained that the Anti-Gang Unit had been keeping watch over the area since Monday, 27 October 2025, expecting potential retaliatory attacks linked to the funeral. The shooting was allegedly reported during shift changes on Saturday afternoon, 1 November 2025.
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Kekana shares more details about the incident
He said that three women and three men were fatally shot, while three other people are currently receiving treatment in the hospital. Kekana described the incident, saying that a 40-year-old woman who ran from her home after hearing gunshots, fearing for her children, was shot by the attackers. A 30-year-old woman has also been killed while looking for her children.
He added that the gunmen allegedly went on to shoot a young man believed to be part of a rival gang, and later targeted a foreign national living in a nearby informal settlement. Kekana stated that the gunmen encountered another woman on the street and shot her without warning. She was taken to the hospital but died from her injuries upon arrival. He said that the attackers also shot at a man and a woman on the street, both of whom are now in hospital, with one reportedly linked to a rival gang.
Speaking to Briefly News about the violence in the area, security expert Haroon Sader said it was no longer about the prevention and elimination of crime, but rather the management of crime.
"Gangs will exist, and crime will be managed. In the last two years, specialised SAPS have been eliminating high-risk armed suspects," he noted.
He said that despite this, gangsterism continued as others replaced those who were killed.
South Africans weigh in
Social media users shared their opinions regarding the shooting incident.
@KgMol said:
"Oh South Africa, oh Gauteng week after week. Panyaza Lesufi will go to Reiger Park to lie to the community yet he fails to lead an effective provincial government."
@makaur said:
"So sad that, we have normalised having no respect for human life, tragic."
@Mtezula67 said:
"The community has normalised gangsterism & thuggery."
@hikerdb said:
"Ekurhuleni District just accumulate to the crime statistics. No leadership, no skills, no knowledge, just the rank, entitlement, and a salary."
3 More stories about mass shootings
- Briefly News reported that the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) members have arrested one person for the deadly mass shooting in Westbury that left two teenagers dead.
- Five people have been shot and killed in a tavern shooting in Zithobeni, Bronkhorstspruit.
- Gunmen in the Eastern Cape shot dead three people and left two others injured in the Tshapile Village outside eNgcobo.
Proofreading by Kelly Lippke, copy editor at Briefly.co.za.
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