On 20 June 2025, at approximately 23:00, a male suspect, believed to be a security guard employed by a local security company, was arrested in Makhado in connection with a shooting incident that resulted in a 28-year-old woman being injured.
According to reports, the victim was traveling with family in a silver Toyota C-HR from Gauteng. Near the three-mile circle on the N1, their vehicle was stopped by an unknown vehicle. The driver did not stop, suspecting potential criminal activity, and instead made a U-turn. The vehicle continued until they made another U-turn heading back towards Makhado.
At the three-mile circle on the N1, shots were fired at the vehicle, leading to the injury of the female passenger.
The suspect, a 42-year-old security official, attached to a local security company, was arrested at the scene. A rifle believed to have been used in the incident was confiscated during the arrest.
The Provincial Commissioner of police in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has condemned the incident.
The suspect is scheduled to appear before the Makhado Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 23 June 2025.
Police investigations are ongoing.
