| 1999 Tempe military base shooting | |
|---|---|
  Tempe military base Tempe military base (Free State (South African province))  Tempe military base Tempe military base (South Africa) | |
| Location | Tempe military base, Free State, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 29°05′24″S 26°11′14″E / 29.0899°S 26.1873°E |
| Date | 16 September 1999 |
| Target | White people |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapon | Vektor R4 assault rifle |
| Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator who was killed by other soldiers) |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Sibusiso Madubela |
| Defender | Aldo Mattheus |
| Motive | Revenge for his pay being suspended |
The Tempe military base shooting was a mass shooting that occurred 16 September 1999, at the Tempe military base near Bloemfontein, in South Africa. Lt. Sibusiso Madubela shot and killed eight people – including seven soldiers and one civilian – before he was shot dead by two soldiers. Four people were injured. During the shooting, Madubela at times pushed black people out of the way to shoot whites, and everyone killed or injured in the shooting was white. Prior to the shooting, his pay had been suspended following a period of absence without leave.
The shooting came after years of tensions in the South African National Defence Force over integration following apartheid, and a resulting inquiry revealed widespread racial tension and discrimination in the SANDF. The inquiry into the shooting revealed evidence that the shooting was a result of the suspension of his pay, and that Madubela had deliberately targeted whites.
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