Overview
- Shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. local time outside the KwaNoxolo Tavern in Bekkersdal, about 45 km west of Johannesburg.
- Police confirmed at least nine dead and ten injured after earlier media reports cited ten fatalities.
- Police say gunmen in a white minibus and a silver sedan opened fire on patrons and then continued shooting as they fled.
- The injured were transported to nearby hospitals and their conditions remain unclear.
- Gauteng deputy police commissioner Fred Kekana said national crime investigators, provincial forensic teams and serious-crime units are on scene taking statements.