The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will today probe the role of Tshwane Metro Police Department junior officer, Inspector Lebogang Phiri, in alleged tender-rigging.
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The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will on Thursday probe the allegations that Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) junior officer, Inspector Lebogang Phiri, allocated security sites to private companies without authorisation.
This relates to the multimillion-rand TMPD security tender, which the commission has scrutinised for alleged irregularities.
Phiri was implicated in the recent testimony of TMPD Deputy Commissioner for Training and Innovation Sean Bolhuis, who testified that Phiri independently assigned contract work to private companies, sidestepping internal controls and procurement procedures.
Bolhuis, caretaker of the Asset Protection and Security Services (APSS) at TMPD from July 2024 to March 2025, distanced himself from controversial decisions made while he served as caretaker head of that unit, which is charged with safeguarding critical municipal infrastructure.
The unit often employed the services of private security firms. Bolhuis testified that the APSS handover was mismanaged, revealing that emergency ad hoc security services were abused to the point that Tshwane, at one stage, had 43 ad hoc security services, costing the city millions of rand.
Gubis 85 Solutions, a security company implicated in the testimony of suspended Gauteng Organised Crime Unit officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, was allegedly favoured over 21 other service providers in the TMPD tender.
The commission heard that the company received R59 million and was allocated 37 infrastructure sites, surpassing other service providers in both payment and site allocation.
Bolhuis told the commission that as the caretaker, he never allocated the sites to Gubis 85 Solutions, nor did he instruct Inspector Phiri to do so, nor did he give him permission or delegated authority.
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