Mr Mampane

Deputy Chief Dhlamini was not aware that Sergeant Nkosi forwarded the draft report to Mr. Mampane.

“I was not aware of it”

Deputy Chief Dhlamini confirms that Mr. Mampane is a taxi industry businessman and son of a Mr. Mampane with whom Dhlamini's late brothers worked.

“Mr Mampane is a taxi industry businessman, and that is the son of a Mr Mampane with whom your late brothers worked”

Mr Mnisi does not know who Mr Mampane is and has never met him, despite Sergeant Nkosi sending the TMPD3 draft report to Mr Mampane as well as messaging him.

“I d o n o t k n o w w h o i s M r M a m p a n e , a n d I h a v e n e v e r m e t M r M a m p a n e . ... h e s e n t t h e s a m e d o c u m e n t t o M r M a m p a n e ... And shortly after receiving this list ... Mr Mampane wrote back WhatsApp back, saying, ... 'Boetie, please let him say no to that appointment' ... Did Sergeant Nkosi ever speak to you about the TMPD 3 tender ? No.”

Mr Mnisi disagrees with the assertion that none of the three reasons given in the tender cancellation resolution justify the cancellation and denies knowledge of any discussions between Mr Mampane and Sergeant Nkosi regarding the tender.

“Yes, I do, SC, I respectfully disagree with that ... I further disagree with the notion that I had any knowledge of whatever discussions were occurring between Mr Mampane or Sergeant Nkosi”

Sergeant Nkosi confirms that there was a tender involved which Mr Mampane had concerning an appointment, but he cannot recall the reason why Mr Mampane asked to say no to the appointment.

“But Mr Mampane did have a tender and he asked you to let him say no to that appointment, but you still say you cannot remember why he asked you to let him say no to that appointment.”

The list sent to Mr Mampane on April 30, 2025 was related to an ad hoc security services tender, not the land or demolition tender.

“It was, in fact, a list of bidders or prices for an ad hoc security services tender. Were you aware of that?”

Mr Mampane had an interest in the ad hoc security services tender because he had also applied for a tender.

“As I said earlier that I sent it to Mr Mampane because he had an interest in it, because he also applied.”

Mr Mampane's company was identified as NVP (N-V-P) which was the only security company on the list he knew of.

“N - E - P. Ja. Mampane's one, it might be N - V-P, not N - E - P. ... And is that his only security company? According to me.”

When the list was sent to Mr Mampane on April 30, 2025, the ad hoc security services tender was still ongoing and not a public document.

“In fact, it was not a public document. It was an internal City document relating to a tender process that was still ongoing at the time. ... On the 30th of April when you sent it, it had not been cancelled.”

Mr Mampane requested to prevent the appointment on tender/2024/25, allegedly wanting Mr Mnisi CFO to say no to it.

“Let me put to you how I understand it. He is saying let him, and the him it seems to me is Mr Mnisi, the CFO, say no to that appointment. He is saying tell Mr Mnisi not to make an appointment on tender/2024/25.”

The tender was cancelled in October, but a WhatsApp message from April asked to prevent an appointment related to that tender, which was still thought to be active at that time.

“the tender, as a matter of fact, was cancelled in October. That is fact that is being put to you. We are looking at WhatsApp messages in April ... "Boetie, please let him say no to that appointment." ... was sent after he got information that the tender was cancelled ... at this point of this message, in April, the tender had not been cancelled”

Sergeant Nkosi acknowledges that if the tender was cancelled in October, then he could not have heard about the cancellation in April, so the message then couldn't have been sent after he heard the tender was cancelled.

“if the tender was cancelled in October, then in April he could not have been told or heard from anybody that the tender had been cancelled because it had not been cancelled. You should be able to accept that.”

Sergeant Nkosi sent a document to Mr Mampane related to a tender that was still under consideration at the time, thereby raising questions about why such a document was sent before the tender cancellation.

“you need to explain why you sent this document to Mr Mampane when it was a document relating to a tender that was still under consideration.”

The document sent to Mr Mampane is an internal Tshwane adjudicatory process document, not a public document.

“This is an extract from an internal Tshwane adjudicatory process relating to the bids. It is not a public document .”

Mr Mampane was the right-hand man of the late Mr Msibi and they were not friends as of April 2025.

“Mr Mampane was the right-hand man of the late Mr Msibi ... I know that they are not friends . They are not talking .”

If you were a bidder for tender 3/2425 like Mr Mampane was, and saw your price would lose, you would have an even bigger incentive to get tender 3/2425 cancelled.

“If you were a bidder for tender 3/2425 , like you say Mr Mampane was , and you saw a list of all the bidders and all their prices and you realised that your price was going to lose , you would have an even bigger incentive to get tender 3/2425 cancelled .”

Sergeant Nkosi shared untested negative allegations about General Mkhwanazi with Mr Mampane, a civilian not a SAPS police officer.

“you share with him untested, unless you say they were tested or you say you also suspected that General Mkhwanazi was involved in these things that are listed here, unless you say that is what you also thought”

Sergeant Nkosi did not check whether the damaging allegations against General Mkhwanazi were true before sharing them with Mr Mampane.

“I did not”

Sergeant Nkosi sent information about serious allegations against Generals Khumalo and Masemola to Mr Mampane to keep him informed because he shares Mr Mampane's concern about police corruption and criminal conduct.

“I was just sending them just to be knowledgeable that this is what is currently happening and not so forth”

Sergeant Nkosi shared photographs depicting dead bodies and bullet-damaged vehicles with Mr Mampane as a warning about the danger in the area and to caution against sending people to run a project there.

“The reason that I have shared these things with Mampane ... I was warning him, can you see how people have been killed there? You must be careful before you send in your people to run a project there.”

The photographs show dead bodies and bullet-ridden vehicles around the vicinity of a taxi, indicating a violent crime scene.

“From 961 to 972, there are pictures of dead bodies, presumably in the vicinity of the taxi, and several vehicles with bullet holes in them.”

Sergeant Nkosi forwarded a SAPS situation report about an ongoing investigation at a house where suspected stolen property was found, but the suspect had not initially been apprehended.

“You forward to Mr Mampane a situation, a SAPS situation report ... try to find the owner of the house ... The house is locked and fenced with electric fence ... but final situation report says: There is no suggestion that the suspect has been arrested.”

The forwarded photographs and situation reports relate to suspected stolen property found at the crime scene, which included vehicles and motorcycles.

“There are large numbers of photographs ... presumably the stolen property or the property believed to be stolen ... it includes large numbers of trucks, some motorcycles, items scattered across the floor.”

Sergeant Nkosi circulated these photographs and information about crime around certain areas as part of usual practices to keep Mr Mampane informed.

“I was just circulating these things because of the way I usually do when there is something around the area ... we just send.”

Sergeant Nkosi sent an internal SAPS communication about a double murder and attempted murder in Soshanguve on 23 December 2024 to Mr Mampane, circulating details like the injured victim location and vehicle information outside SAPS.

“By circulating what was an internal SAPS communication to someone outside SAPS, in the process you took outside SAPS details of where the injured victim was now to be found, who drove the injured victim to the place where the injured victim was now to be found, to the clinic, and what vehicle that person who drove the victim to the clinic uses, the registration number, so the vehicle could be identified as well.”

Information about a surviving victim and the details of the hospital to which he was taken was already published on Yusuf Abramjee's page before Sergeant Nkosi circulated the internal SAPS communication to Mr Mampane.

“All of this information , including that there is a surviving victim and the details of the hospital to which he was taken , are you saying Mr Abramjee had published that already ? That is correct .”

The police report about Mr Sithole, a known taxi boss shot and killed in Soshanguve, was already publicly available on Facebook by the time Sergeant Nkosi circulated it to Mr Mampane.

“And I still confirm that event though it looks like a , indeed it is a police report , but by the time I sent it , it was all over the news . ... And with the same format that it is like that , it was circulating on Facebook . ... That is correct .”

Sergeant Nkosi forwarded General Sibiya's message about the investigation of General Khumalo and his team to Mr Mampane because Mr Mampane is someone who shows good sentiment about the police and the police enjoy working with him.

“I just forwarded it to him . To me , it was a norm that maybe to circulate what I come across , whether it is bad or it is good about the police , because of Mr Mampane is one person who share good sentiment about the police .”

Sergeant Nkosi admits it may have been improper for General Sibiya to have sent a confidential message confirming an investigation of General Khumalo to him, and improper for Sergeant Nkosi to have circulated that confidential information to Mr Mampane.

“From my side , it seems improper for General Sibiya to have forwarded it to you , because I doubt that the National Commissioner intended it to go beyond General Sibiya . But it certainly seems improper to me for you to have circulated that confidential piece of information to a taxi owner outside of the SAPS . I understand , I take it , it was wrong .”

Sergeant Nkosi sent information about the National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and National Crime Intelligence Head Lieutenant General Khumalo being raided by IDAC to Mr Mampane on 8 February 2025 at 11:27:22 a.m.

“The NPA Investigative Directorate , IDAC raids National Police Commissioner , Fannie Masamola and National Crime Intelligence Head , Lieutenant General Khumalo .”

Sergeant Nkosi shared an article about SAPS KZN crisis with Mr. Mampane because Mr. Mampane had an interest in security and wellbeing in the taxi industry and cooperated with KZN Provincial Commissioner over taxi violence issues.

“The reason that I have shared with him, Mampane's interest was also in security well-being. And the other thing, again, is they were working hand-in-glove, not hand-in-glove as per se, but whenever they had problems in the taxi ranks, they would interact with KZN, Provincial Commissioner. Because at one stage they had a meeting together with Mr Mswazi and Mr Xaba in KZN with regards to the issues that were to be resolved of taxi violence in KZN.”

Sergeant Nkosi sent an invitation code to Mampane to access Mr Motsumi's place, not Mr Motsumi himself.

“you were the one who forwarded the invitation to him, not Mr Motsumi . You sent the invitation .”

Sergeant Nkosi frequently received calls from Mr Motsumi and speculated he sent the code possibly due to phone network issues, but he did not accept that specific explanation.

“Maybe one , it might have been his phone network or so forth . But Mampane frequently calls Mr Motsumi .”

Sergeant Nkosi met with Mr Mampane on the day he sent him the invitation code from Mr Motsumi's estate, accompanied by Sergeant Moraka and later Sergeant Mphela who came just to collect him by car.

“Yes . So who was he with ? Who did he meet with ? Did you , Sergeant Mphela, and Sergeant Moraka all meet with Mr Mampane ? Sergeant Mphela came later . Myself and Sergeant Moraka were on bikes .”

Mr Motsumi sent gate pass codes to Sergeant Nkosi and others to access his estate, and on the day after the meeting, Mampane called twice and sent an image with instructions to buy an electric toothbrush linked to a gum problem.

“You call , Mr Mampane calls you twice , 941 . He calls you at 2 : 34 and then at 2 : 35 . And then at 2 : 38 , he sends you an image and he says : " Please buy the one with the toothbrush ."”

Sergeant Nkosi explained that the request for an electric toothbrush was due to a gum problem that Mr Mampane had.

“He said Imust pass there by Clicks because he is got a gum problem.”

Sergeant Nkosi received a message code from Mr Mampane that referred to a gate pass for the estate where Mr Mampane was staying, indicating he planned to take an electric toothbrush to Mr Mampane at the estate.

“Okay , code , I was referring to the gate pass as he is staying in the estate . Maybe , I do not know if I , I will be putting it right when I say , to rectify your statement when you say putting in , taking in the toothbrush to the estate as in my plan was to buy the toothbrush and take it to his estate .”

Sergeant Nkosi frequently meets Mr Mampane, though not so frequently to remember each meeting clearly.

“Mampane is someone that we regularly visit each other , so I do not ...”

Sergeant Nkosi receives cash payments from Mr Mampane intended to reimburse amounts for security services involving his brother's security company.

“He usually give me maybe cash , and you will give him . Cash ? Ja .”

Mr Mampane has paid Sergeant Nkosi money on occasions for the purpose of security escort services which Sergeant Nkosi facilitates through his brother's security company.

“Maybe they would want security escort or , yes , and then they would say , can you talk to your brother who owns a security company , and then he would be given that quote , and then he get this money . He give me money on those basis”

Sergeant Nkosi shared to Mr Mampane exchanges related to an internal audit report into Mr Matlala's contract, which involved responses from General Phokane and the City Press newspaper.

“You also forward to Mr Mampane the exchanges that we have seen previously that were forwarded to Mr Motsumi, the approach from Mr Mashego, the City Press newspaper, the response of General Phokane and the internal audit report into Mr Matlala's contract.”

Sergeant Nkosi admitted sharing documents with Mr Mampane to inform him about problems with the security project and the former security of the farm.

“There was nothing much on it at that particular time, Commissioners. The reason I just sent it, it was just for Mr Mampane, hey, look what is happening now with the former security of the house, or of the farm, about the project that he got. This is what is happening. I was sending him that.”

Sergeant Nkosi admitted that Mr Matlala, who was running security for the Msibi family, was at risk of having his contract with SAPS terminated and he shared this information with Mr Mampane.

“So you were letting Mr Mampane know that Mr Matlala who was running security for the Msibi family was at risk of having his contract with SAPS terminated.”

Sergeant Nkosi did not expect Mr Mampane to take up the risk issue with Mr Matlala, stating that Mr Matlala already knew according to him.

“Did you not imagine that Mr Mampane would take this up with Mr Matlala? Did you expect Mr Mampane to take this up with Mr Matlala? No. Because Mr Matlala already knew, according to me.”

Sergeant Nkosi confirmed that Mr Mampane regularly visits Mr Motsumi because Mr Motsumi used to work with Mr Mswazi where Mr Mampane was residing.

“I can confirm that Mr Mampane also regularly visits Mr Motsumi, because obviously Mr Motsumi used to work with Mr Mswazi where Mampane was residing as well.”

Sergeant Nkosi sent a list of bidders and their prices for Tshwane Municipal Police tender 3/2004 to Mr Mampane, who had applied for that tender.

“You sent Mr Mampane a long set of ... pages ... a list of bidders for a Tshwane Municipal Police Department tender, tender 3/2004 ... with their prices. ... I sent it to him because he had applied for that tender.”

Mr Mampane sometimes contacts Sergeant Nkosi instead of the security company to request quotations or pay for services, even though the company has its own staff and logistics.

“if he cannot get hold of your brother, he is able to call the other people in the business to get a quotation... he is a able to call the other people in the business ... So it is correct that Mr Mampane sometimes contacts Sergeant Nkosi rather than the business itself.”

Mr Mampane sometimes pays Sergeant Nkosi in cash to hold money intended for Sergeant Nkosi’s brother's security company, but does not pay Sergeant Nkosi for his own personal services.

“Mr Mampane sometimes gives you money that he wants you to pay onto your brother... does he ever give you money for yourself? For myself? No, for what? I don't think so.”

Sergeant Nkosi sometimes keeps cash payments from Mr Mampane for some time before giving the money to his brother, and his brother is aware of these cash holdings and debts.

“Sometimes I keep it until I give it to him ... your brother will ultimately know that you are holding R10,000 for him and if he wants it back he can ask you for it.”

A bank statement shows a payment of R12,500 from Mr Mampane to Sergeant Nkosi on 3 May 2024 with the reference "Firstrand Mampane."

“... on the 3rd of May 2024, there was a R12,500 payment to you with the reference 'Firstrand Mampane'.”

Sergeant Nkosi cannot remember what the R12,500 payment from Mr Mampane was for.

“I cannot remember.”

Sergeant Nkosi admits the R12,500 payment from Mr Mampane was for his brother's security services, but did not transfer the money to his brother's account, possibly paying back in cash from his own funds.

“It was ... I did not transfer it ... I might have had cash from me ... I might have not taken out R12,500 for my brother.”