Mr Gogo Titus Mkhwanazi

COMMISSIONER MKHWANAZI claims his father is William Mkhwanazi and that the birth certificate issued by Home Affairs incorrectly states Petunia Mkhwanazi was married to Gogo Titus Mkhwanazi, who is not his father.

“My confusion arises because at item 1, your father is listed as Mr William Mkhwanazi, who you say is your grandfather... Mrs Petunia Mkhwanazi is said to have been married to Mr Gogo Titus Mkhwanazi. That is not your father, is it? No, that is my father. That is my biological father.”

The Home Affairs letter and page 11 document refer only to one child born to Petunia Mkhwanazi and Titus Mkhwanazi and this child was born in 1994.

“The last sentence of paragraph 2 reads: "Having indicated that Ms Petunia Mkhwanazi was married to Mr Gogo Titus Mkhwanazi ... this was established through the birth record of one of their children ..." It is in respect of that named child, born in 1994 ... they are medical records of a newborn ...”

Home Affairs could not locate the marriage certificate of Ms Petunia Mkhwanazi and Mr Gogo Titus Mkhwanazi, but stated that they were married based on birth records of one child.

“As the marriage records could not be located ... That is why I am saying in terms of ours, anything that has to do with courts, it is at the Justice Department or at the courts. You will find anything, every documents. If they say they cannot locate ...”