By Johnathan Paoli
The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) head of procurement, Lieutenant-General Molefe Fani, on Thursday conceded that the multimillion-rand medical services tender awarded to Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s company, Medicare24 Tshwane District, contained serious irregularities and should never have been approved.
His admission came during a combative afternoon session of the ad hoc parliamentary committee probing corruption in SAPS procurement.
The exchanges began shortly after lunch when evidence leader Lerato Zikalala confronted Fani with the police’s final internal audit report, which found evidence of fronting in Medicare24’s bid.
Fani repeatedly distanced himself from the audit team’s conclusions, saying he could not vouch for any of the internal audit’s statements, but ultimately conceded that several mandatory requirements had not been met.
One of the clearest violations, Fani confirmed, was that Medicare24 failed to provide a signed lease agreement for the premises from which it claimed to operate, despite this being
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