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Lebogang Andrew Phiri

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Inspector Lebogang Andrew Phiri is a Tshwane Metro Police officer assigned to the Asset Protection Security Services (APSS) as a regional supervisor, a role that involves monitoring guards and overseeing that security functions are properly carried out. Testimony before the commission described him as reporting to Senior Superintendent Madihlaba and assisting with staff movement between management structures. However, Phiri faced significant scrutiny over allegations that he issued written instructions to Gubis85 Security Solutions and allocated over 40 security sites to that company, actions that witnesses argued were well beyond an inspector’s delegated authority and could only have been done under the instruction of a higher-ranking official. Questions were raised about whether Phiri had the necessary authorization to incur costs on the city’s behalf, with one commissioner suggesting that his conduct exposed the municipality to risk.
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What the record shows (87 total claims — 30 substantive shown)
1 contradiction on the record
◎ Likely — AI-assisted, cited◆ Cross-witness
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A asserts deployment was under Malatji's direct instruction; B asserts Phiri acted on his own without instruction—directly contradictory on same act.
Day 84Commissioner Spies“If he deployed it, it is either under the direct instruction of Director Malatji”
Day 99Director Malatji“if it happened that he signed them, he did it out of his own, not with my instruction.”