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Despite previous escalations and assurances, payment delays persist and the matter is escalating towards litigation due to the City's inability to address outstanding invoice payments.
“From this step, the next step is obvious litigation as a result of even the City Manager's office's inability to address the matter in question.”
Director Malatji had no formal input into a handover report compiled when the asset unit was moved back to TMPD, as he was not invited by his supervisor Mr Nava Pillay.
“I was not invited by my supervisor there ... I do not remember having a meeting in order to compile or make inputs into the handing over”
The Commissioner Bolhuis was informed about a report intended to facilitate the transition of the Asset Property Protection Service (APPS) from the City Manager's Office to the Tshwane Metro Police Department, which report was provided by Paledi Marota, received nine months late on 10 April 2025.
“The Chief of Police, Yolande Faro, testified that when she received an instruction that there has to be a transition of the APPS from the city manager's office to the TMPD's office, that she tasked you to oversee that process... she testified that she received this report, unfortunately, somehow nine months later, and this report came from a lady called Paledi Marota... The correct date would have been the 10th of April 2025... And lastly, on that score, you would have, at least at that stage, when this report came to your knowledge, you would have ceased acting or at least being a caretaker of the SP... That is correct. I already provided a full handover in writing in the month of March to the newly appointed Deputy Chief Spies.”
The Asset Protection Unit was moved from the City Manager's Office to the Metro Police on 1 July 2024 and became a division within the Metro Police called Asset Protection and Security Services.
“this specific division that I am in charge of was created and started in the structure 1 July 2024. The Asset Protection Unit was then moved from the City Manager's Office to the Metro Police in the new division. It was originally a unit and it is now a division, Asset Protection and Security Services”