Molefe Fani

Mr Vally from Kaizen treated General Khana as a person who could unlock access to tender opportunities and facilitated modifications to tender specifications via contacts including Mr Molefe Fani in procurement.

“Mr Vally from Kaizen treats General Khana as a person who can unlock access ... General Khana arranged meetings with a contact within procurement and obtained information from that contact. That contact is Mr Molefe Fani. Mr Vally requested General Khan to modify the tender specifications ... to assist in the modification of tender specs.”

Pilot refers to Molefe Fani, who was at the time employed in Treasury before moving to SAPS and was involved in procurement and supply chain management.

“...I w i l l s h o w t h a t P i l o t i s M o l e f e F a n i ... a t t h a t p o i n t w h e n M r Fa n i a t t h a t p o i n t w a s e m p l o y e d i n Tr e a s u r y ... h e w a s i n s u p p l y c h a i n m a n a g e m e n t ...”

There was ongoing pressure applied by Mr Sayed to secure procurement orders for masks through General Khan's facilitation and contacts within the government, including Treasury and SAPS officials.

“Mr Sayed says, at 3.39 on the 4th of August: “Please push Gen 1 and P, bru K.” General Khan responds: “Pilot is back tomorrow. I am going to see him.” He says, he complains, it is another week gone by, he is getting quite despairing at this point... Mr Sayed says: “Please follow up with General 1, need the orders.” General Khan responded to all of his messages, acting as a facilitator.”

Mr Molefe Fani joined SAPS on 1 August 2022, transferring from Treasury, and was promoted to Divisional Commissioner for Supply Chain Management without rising through SAPS ranks.

“the date at which Molefe Fani joined the SAPS was 1 August 022, and he was a Divisional Commissioner for Supply Chain Management in the SAPS”

Mr Molefe Fani did not rise through the SAPS ranks but was appointed at the rank of Lieutenant General due to seniority from his previous position at Treasury, a common practice in SAPS.

“he did not come through the ranks in SAPS at all. ... he was given the rank of Lieutenant General. ... people are appointed by SAPS and they are given a higher rank so they do not start from the very bottom when they join SAPS. ... he was given the rank that is commensurate with your seniority in SAPS ... anybody who would come from another institution or organisation ... would be placed at the level, you would be given the rank that is commensurate with your seniority in SAPS”

General Khan received the draft internal document (version 3) containing special conditions of contract for the tender RT45/2021 through Mr Molefe Fani in Treasury.

“I surmise that this PDF document was shared with Mr Khan by somebody else in Treasury, and I believe it is Molefe Fani ... So he says: "This oui is on top of his game."”