TMPD’s Malatji says he lacked power to cancel Gubis85 contract

By Johnathan Paoli

Suspended Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) director of Asset Protection Security Services Tshukudu Malatji has doubled down on his claim that he did not cancel the controversial ad hoc security contract linked to Gubis85 Solutions because he did not have the legal authority to do so.

Returning to the Madlanga Commission on Thursday, Malatji said the instruction itself was flawed, both procedurally and legally, and insisted he could not act on an order issued by an official who, at the time, was not formally part of the TMPD structure.

“I did not carry out the instruction, because this directive does not delegate me with powers, duties and responsibility to intervene. There is no way I would have cancelled something that was not ordered and or instructed by me,” Malatji said.

This follows previous testimony which claimed that Malatji had defied an instruction from Deputy Commissioner Revo Spies