The two officers were responding to reports of a robbery when the robbers opened fire on them.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said in a media statement that a gang ambushed the G4S van at around 10:18.

“They managed to blow the van up. Paramedics on the scene say money was scattered all over the place, as far as 200m from the van.”

The robbers were in three or four vehicles, which included multiple armed suspects. When police arrived at the scene, they were met with a hail of bullets.

A police officer in his 30s was shot and declared dead on the scene. A second officer was wounded and was treated on the scene, before he and the three G4S security guards were transported to Netcare Vaalpark Hospital.

No arrests have been made.