‘More Videos Are Coming’: Court Orders Disgruntled Ex-Employee to Delete Defamatory Transnet Posts

A former Transnet employee who posted dozens of defamatory videos about the company on social media has been ordered by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court to delete the contentand narrowly avoided jail.

Musa Mbundwini, a qualified welder dismissed by Transnet in February 2018 for dishonesty and fraud, took to TikTok and Facebook to accuse the company of fraud, corruption, and unethical conduct.

The Backstory

Mbundwini’s dismissal was twice upheld by arbitrators under the Transnet Bargaining Council. Although he achieved a technical victory in the Labour Court due to a missing transcript, a rehearing in November 2022 confirmed that his dismissal was fair. He took no further legal steps.

Instead, he turned to social media.

The Court Orders

Transnet first approached the High Court in August 2024, obtaining an interdict prohibiting Mbundwini from posting defamatory content. Further court orders followed in April and June 2025 after he allegedly failed to comply.

In August 2025, Acting Judge Bhagwandeen sentenced Mbundwini to 30 days’ imprisonment for contempt of courtsuspended for five years on condition that he remove all videos relating to Transnet within 24 hours and refrain from posting further defamatory material.

The Breach

According to the latest judgment, he did neither.

Between August and October 2025, he posted at least 25 additional videos. A supplementary affidavit revealed a further 37 videos between December 2025 and February 2026.

In one video, he declared: “More videos are coming so the truth will be revealed.”

The Chaos

When Mbundwini represented himself in court in February 2026, proceedings descended into chaos.

Judge Robin George Mossop described unprecedented scenes: Mbundwini shouted, wept, and made scandalous allegations against Transnet’s legal representatives and the court itself. He repeatedly accused the lawyers of being criminals and demanded their arrest. He alleged widespread fraud involving Transnet and even the judiciary.

Despite instructions to sit down and remain quiet, he continued speaking loudly, talking over the judge and anyone attempting to intervene. Security personnel were required to intervene.

The Final Warning

The judge adjourned the matter and granted Mbundwini a final opportunity to delete all offending content by 15 February.

Despite assurances in court that he had complied, further videos were still found on his Facebook and TikTok profiles when the matter resumed on 17 February.

Judge Mossop declared him in breach of the suspended sentence conditions.

The Outcome

Noting that most videos had by then been deleted and that imprisonment is a last resort, the judge exercised his discretion not to activate the 30-day jail term.

Instead, the sentence was re-suspended for the remainder of the original five-year period, subject to additional strict conditions.

Mbundwini was ordered to:

• Immediately delete four specified Facebook videos

• Refrain from posting any content about Transnet that could damage its reputation

• Avoid breaching any further court orders

The judge authorised Transnet’s attorneys to approach TikTok administrators to request deletion of one of his profiles if he cannot access it himself.

The Warning

Judge Mossop warned that any further breach would likely result in the suspended sentence being enforced.

The Bottom Line

Sixty-two videos. Three court orders. One near-miss with jail.

Mbundwini has been given one final chance to stop posting. If he takes it, the matter ends. If he doesn’t, the next video could be his last as a free man.

{Source: IOL}

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