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Director Tshukudu Malatji

director, Tshwane Metro Police Department, Asset Protection Services
Director Tshukudu Malatji served as the Director for Security and Guarding Services for the City of Tshwane, a role that placed him in charge of deploying and monitoring security companies as well as overseeing the invoicing process linked to their payments. A former member of the South African Police Service, Malatji was described as an experienced senior manager who effectively ran his unit day-to-day. Testimony indicated that he was responsible for signing off on work completion and was the designated manager for the TMPD 2 security contract from 2016–17, alongside Mr Nava Pillay. However, Commissioner Spies testified that Malatji had been suspended on 4 July, and that he had asserted his higher rank as a commissioned officer in disputes over authority.
882 claims0 scheme(s)11 contradiction(s)
What the record shows (882 total claims — 150 substantive shown)
11 contradictions on the record
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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A claims unaware Gubis received many allocations; B shows he knew Gubis specifically received allocations—cannot both be true.
Day 87Adv Sikhakhane“I am unaware that Gubis 85 Solutions (Pty) Ltd received many allocations for the provision of ad hoc security services”
Day 99Director Malatji“And I knew it was not all of them. It was Gubis.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Cannot both deal with all aspects of the tender and never participate or be informed of it.
Day 84Commissioner Spies“he had to deal with all aspects of this tender”
Day 87Director Malatji“I never participated, I was never informed of, come on board.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Same person: 'not responded at all' directly contradicts 'started answering them at the end'.
Day 84Commissioner Spies“Director Malatji has also not responded to me at all”
Day 96Major Phiri“he started answering them at the end”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Both claim Malatji reports directly to them—Spies and Bolhuis—mutually exclusive direct-report relationships at same level.
Day 84Commissioner Spies“he reports directly to me”
Day 86Commissioner Bolhuis“the very next level under me, while I was the caretaker of APSS, was Director Tshukudu Malatji”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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A says scoring couldn't be confirmed (uncertain); B states definitively he did no scoring—cannot both hold for same person.
Day 94File 2, page 419 (Probity report)“We could not confirm whether he scored from previous meetings.”
Day 99Chairperson“he did not do any scoring”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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Both Commissioners claim Malatji reports directly to them, mutually exclusive direct-report chains.
Day 84Commissioner Spies“he reports directly to me”
Day 86Commissioner Bolhuis“the very next level under me, while I was the caretaker of APSS, was Director Tshukudu Malatji”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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A says Malatji reports to Dep. Comm. Spies; B says Malatji is directly under Bolhuis—same person, same reporting line, incompatible.
Day 85Commissioner Faro (Chief of Police)“He reports to Deputy Commissioner Spies”
Day 86Commissioner Bolhuis“the very next level under me, while I was the caretaker of APSS, was Director Tshukudu Malatji”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Quote A states appointment in 2023; quote B states 2013. Same person's appointment date cannot be both years.
Day 87Director Malatji“I was appointed on the 1st of June 2023”
Day 87Director Malatji“2013, Commissioner.”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Claim A quote says June 2023, Claim B says June 2013; same appointment cannot be in two different years.
Day 87Director Malatji“I was appointed on the 1st of June 2023”
Day 87Director Malatji“When I was appointed as a Director in June 2013”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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A denies non-compliance; B admits possibly missing one or two instructions, which is non-compliance—cannot both be fully true.
Day 87Director Malatji“it is not true that I was not complying with his instructions where it is supposed to, right”
Day 87Director Malatji“It might have happened that I missed one or two”
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited
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Cannot both first encounter it here and have previously seen it in the newspaper for the same item.
Day 87Director Malatji“I am coming across it for the first time here”
Day 87Director Malatji“I saw it on the newspaper”