Nadine Meintjies

Nadine Meintjies was a South African attorney who practised law in Johannesburg, working with the firm BDK Attorneys and appearing alongside colleagues in public legal explainer content covering civil law, criminal law, family law and commercial disputes. She was shot dead in Johannesburg on 2 November 2026, in an attack that also killed a man who was in the vehicle with her.

Little has been published about Meintjies's early life, education or family background, and at the time of writing no outlet had confirmed her date of birth, her age, her hometown or details of a spouse, partner or children. What is documented is her professional life as a practising attorney. Material from BDK Attorneys shows her presented as a co-host, alongside colleague Katia Dias, of legal information sessions aimed at members of the public seeking help with civil law, criminal law, divorce and family matters, commercial contracts and arbitration. The firm described itself as offering round the clock emergency legal assistance, and Meintjies's name was attached to that public facing, accessible style of legal practice.

Her death came suddenly and violently. According to police, she was shot while inside a vehicle at the Klipspruit West off-ramp in Johannesburg on the morning of Monday, 2 November 2026. A man travelling with her in the front passenger seat was also killed. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire found the vehicle, in the words of police, <cite index="1-1">riddled with bullet holes in the driver's door</cite>, with <cite index="1-2">a woman in the driver's seat and a man in the front passenger seat, both having sustained fatal gunshot wounds</cite>.

Police confirmed that emergency services pronounced both victims dead at the scene, and <cite index="1-3">detectives opened two counts of murder as they worked to establish who was behind the shooting and what prompted it</cite>. As of the time of writing, no arrests had been announced and no motive had been confirmed by police. Reports described the killing as having sent shockwaves through South Africa's legal community, reflecting how an ordinary commute turned into a scene of double homicide.

Meintjies's death adds her name to a troubling run of attacks on South African attorneys in public spaces over the past two years, a pattern that has alarmed law societies and justice officials and that continues to be investigated case by case. Colleagues and members of the legal fraternity reacted with shock to news of her killing, though as of this writing no formal statement from BDK Attorneys, a law society or government minister had been located confirming funeral or memorial arrangements. This page will be updated as confirmed details about her life, her family and the investigation into her death become available.