Madlanga Commission reveals potential R17 million monthly costs

SUSPENDED Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) officer, Major Lebogang Phiri, has come under fire for allocating an indefinite contract to Gubis 85 Solutions, a security firm, to render ad hoc security services.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

This contract could have cost the City of Tshwane at least R17 million every month if it had not been stopped in June 2025.

This emerged during Phiri’s testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry yesterday when he responded to allegations that he improperly deployed security firms to critical municipal infrastructure for ad hoc security services.

Earlier, Phiri justified his authority to manage and deploy ad hoc security services wherever required, stating that his superior director of Assets, Tshukudu Malatji, delegated this authority to him.

He was questioned about the deployments he made starting January 15, 2025, which involved issuing signed deployment letters that lacked dates prescribing the service duration.