Johnathan Paoli
Suspended Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi has told the Madlanga Commission he merely “played along” with suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s requests to check bidder compliance in a Tshwane security tender.
Appearing before the commission on Monday, Mnisi said he had told Nkosi on four occasions in March 2025 that he could not assess compliance because the tender process had closed.
“He wanted me to check compliance. I believe his request was premised on the mistaken belief that I would be able to check whether the bidders were compliant,” Mnisi said.
But his testimony came under intense scrutiny as commissioners interrogated a series of WhatsApp exchanges in which Nkosi sent him a list of companies bidding for the security tender.
The list included Elshadai Security Services, Tau Tau Security, Two Cops in Security, Vision Acuity Security, Shumile Security, Vimtsire Security Services and Ngaphesheya Security, a company linked to Nkosi’s
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