Witness

Officer Zwelibanzi Mgujulwa

Officer, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department · Johannesburg

Named in evidence

One of two Johannesburg metro police officers a colleague told the Madlanga Commission he recognised in CCTV footage of a child being abducted. On Day 173, 15 September 2026, Sergeant Rico van Wyk of the JMPD K9 unit played the commission footage of the kidnapping of a child in Johannesburg in 2021, over which R5 million was allegedly extorted from the child's father by other suspects. Per Eyewitness News, van Wyk told the panel: 'Upon viewing the video, I identified two of the individuals depicted therein as Officers Johannes Mokgatle and Zwelibanzi Mgujulwa, both of whom were assigned to my shift. I immediately questioned them about the video and sought to establish whether they had been involved in a police operation. Neither officer denied being depicted in the video; however, they remained silent and did not provide any explanation regarding their presence or involvement in the incident depicted in the video.' That is the whole of the public record on Mgujulwa: one identification from video by a colleague, and a silence in response to a question. Identification from a recording is contestable evidence and declining to answer a colleague carries no legal weight. No criminal charge against him has been reported, he has not testified, he has answered nothing publicly, and he is presumed innocent.

This profile summarises testimony and evidence given on the public record before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. It restates allegations as presented at the hearings and is not a finding of guilt, liability, or wrongdoing by any person.