By Brigadier Athlenda Mathe
SAPS Spokesperson
As part of ongoing operations to ensure the smooth running of the G20 leaders summit, a brazen carjacker was wounded after a foiled hijacking attempt by the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) National Intervention Unit(NIU) on Friday evening, 21 November 2025.
The brazen carjacker attempted to steal a vehicle that is allocated to the G20.
At the time, the vehicle was transporting NIU members who were conducting patrols in and around Johannesburg.
While conducting patrols along empire road, the hijacker jumped onto the road and pointed a firearm at the driver.
Unbeknown to him, the occupants of the vehicle were NIU members.
A shot was fired by one of the NIU members towards the suspect and he sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body.
It was later discovered that the hijacker had used an imitation firearm.
He was later taken to hospital under police guard.
He will appear in court for an attempted hijacking charge when he is fit to do so.
It should be noted that a replica firearm is considered as a firearm if used in the commission of a crime.
The possession of an imitation firearm with the intention to commit an offence, such as hijacking, as well as the pointing at a person, of anything which is likely to lead a person to believe that it is a firearm, constitutes an offence in terms of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No. 60 of 2000).
The NATJOINTS warns criminals and those who want to test security measures in place that all law enforcement agencies will deal decisively with any criminal element.
The NATJOINTS is thus far satisfied with the uncomprosing security measures that are in place to ensure the smooth running of the G20 leaders summit.
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