HAWKS ARREST SUSPECT LINKED TO COLD-BLOODED EXECUTION OF CRITICAL POLICE MURDER WITNESS
BY : CHANON LECODEY MERRICKS ONLINE EDITOR KASiBC_AFRiCA
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The Fatal Infiltration
The case traces back to the evening of 16 June 2025, when an armed hit squad successfully breached Dzanibe’s family homestead in
uMzimkhulu.
According to forensic crime reports, two heavily armed men carrying handguns stormed into the main residence, rounding up the family and holding all occupants hostage at gunpoint.
The intruders made their intentions clear, aggressively demanding to know Dzanibe’s exact location because he "talks too much."
Later that night, unaware of the hostage situation inside, Dzanibe returned home. He approached his bedroom window, calling out to his family to unlock the front entryway. Standing at point-blank range inside the room, one of the gunmen forced Dzanibe’s terrified wife to shout back that the door was open.
As Dzanibe stepped across his own threshold, the hitmen launched a ruthless ambush, shooting him multiple times. To manipulate the crime scene and eliminate tracking evidence, the killers robbed Dzanibe of his cellphone and his personal 9mm Glock firearm before fleeing into the night. Dzanibe was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries upon arrival.
The Link to the Sergeant Mbanjwa Assassination
Due to the sensitive nature of the execution, the case docket was immediately transferred from the local
uMzimkhulu Police Station to the Hawks.
Investigating officers confirmed that Dzanibe was a vital, protected state witness in the ongoing trial regarding the high-profile murder of Sergeant Ntombi Mbanjwa. Sergeant Mbanjwa, who was stationed at the uMzimkhulu SAPS, was gunned down at her residence in April 2024. Her own fiancé, fellow SAPS officer
Sergeant Ntokozo Mngqithi, was subsequently arrested and exposed by the Hawks for allegedly hiring professional hitmen to execute her while simultaneously soliciting a R60,000 bribe from an unrelated culpable homicide investigation.
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Slain Victim / Target
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Institutional Background
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Core Judicial Case Context
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Investigative Lead Entity
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Sgt. Ntombi Mbanjwa
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Active Police Officer (uMzimkhulu SAPS)
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Gunned down in 2024; fiancé (Sgt. Mngqithi) accused of hiring hitmen.
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Hawks Port Shepstone
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Mzamo S. Dzanibe
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Key Civillian State Witness
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Held crucial evidence against Mngqithi; executed in 2025 to stop testimony.
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Hawks Serious Organised Crime
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Ballistics and The Pietermaritzburg Dragnet
The breakthrough that cracked the cold case materialized in September 2025, when intelligence operatives traced Dzanibe’s stolen 9mm Glock firearm to a property in the Pietermaritzburg area.
Intensive forensic ballistics testing and investigative tracking successfully matched the firearm to the 25-year-old suspect, placing him directly inside Dzanibe's home at the time of the execution and identifying him as one of the two primary shooters on the night of the hit.
Following the acquisition of an official warrant from the uMzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court, tactical units moved on the Pietermaritzburg hideout, executing a seamless arrest on Tuesday morning. The suspect has been officially processed on heavy statutory counts of premeditated murder and kidnapping.
KwaZulu-Natal DPCI Acting Provincial Head, Brigadier Zenobia Mulligan, highly commended the investigative squad for their precision, reiterating that the state will use every legislative tool available to protect its judicial processes and ensure that syndicates attempting to terrorize, compromise, or execute state witnesses face maximum sentences behind bars.
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