Director Nwandule

There was a complaint by Director Nwandule regarding 13 requisitions created without invoices, and it was clarified that these requisitions could not be created without attached emails on the SAPS system, a function controlled by Director Nwandule's staff.

“email response to Nwandule regarding his complaint that 13 requisitions were created without invoices. ... they said, they do not have a function that is used to create purchasing requisitions without invoices. But it is Director Nwandule's staff who have got that function on the SAPS system.”

The 13 requisitions mentioned were eventually cancelled on the system after follow-up with Director Nwandule's office.

“when they made a follow-up with Director Nwandule's office, it came to light that those requisitions were eventually cancelled on the system.”

Invoices must be submitted for further handling, which includes creation of purchase requisitions and purchase orders on the SAPS system, processes currently performed by Director Nwandule's environment.

“I must put it on record before the Commission that invoices are submitted for further handling, of which further handling would include creation of purchase requisitions and POs going forward ... functions that are, as we speak currently, performed within the environment of Director Nwandule.”

Director Malatji testified he signed the invoices but did not sign them to close any query and was unaware that there was an issue with the invoices from Director Nwandule.

“if they came to me and I signed them ... I did not sign them because I was closing any query. I was not aware that there were these invoices that Director Nwandule has got an issue with.”

D C Bolhuis continues to handle arbitrations related to HR grievances due to the internal exclusion of Dhlamini in HR matters, maintaining the status quo within the Metro Police Department.

“The status quo is such that D C Bolhuis will continue doing arbitrations and so forth... much as D C Bolhuis, when he came here, it was clear that he is attending arbitrations and so forth, which are all related, coming from grievances and so forth, which get run by Director Nwandule, who must go to step three.”

Director Nwandule, responsible for finance, is a subordinate who reports to Deputy Chief Dhlamini.

“Director Nwandule is my subordinate, he reports to me, he is responsible for finance.”

Deputy Chief Dhlamini denies exerting influence on the extension of a security tender; intervention was requested by the Chief of Police after the BAC had not approved the extension report presented by Director Nwandule.

“The second assertion which was made by DCS Spies is that I have influenced the extension of the security tender through the CFO. It is incorrect.”

Deputy Chief Dhlamini facilitated the extension report for the security tender as requested by the Chief of Police to assist Director Nwandule and DC Bolhuis, the head of the assets protection unit at the time.

“I only facilitated and assisted as requested by the Chief of Police to assist Director Nwandule and DC Bolhuis with that report because by then DC Bolhuis was the one who was heading asset protection unit.”

Director Nwandule oversees the process for payments related to the security contract extension, while CFO is not involved in the initial approval matrix but comes in later for payment release stages.

“...Director Nwandule does not define a role for the Chief Financial Officer in this approval of payments matrix... The CFO does not fit into this process... from there it goes to supply chain management. And from there to the CFO for payment...”