Contents of this matter
Particulars of the matter
What this concerns
This is the second Formal Referral and Evidential Record that the Pan-African Peace Commission has placed before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, chaired by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. It concerns suspected fraud, corruption, procurement irregularities, financial-control failures and the possible unlawful expenditure of public funds in connection with the Department of Defence (DoD) Catering School.
The referral records that approximately R3.99 million in public funds was transferred to contractors through payments each below the R30,000 departmental threshold, some without invoices and required authorisations. It states the State's gross financial exposure as in excess of R4 million, subject to complete forensic reconciliation.
The principal evidential foundation is an official investigation report prepared within the Department of Defence's anti-corruption structures and endorsed at Inspector-General level. The Pan-African Peace Commission has placed that material before the proper constitutional forum rather than adjudicating it.
The referral asks for the evidence to be preserved, for the matter to be referred to the criminal-investigative authorities, for an urgent and independent prosecutorial determination, for the financial trail to be traced, and for the competent employing authorities to consider precautionary suspension or exclusion of serving officials whose continued access could prejudice the investigation.
What Exhibit B records: officials, suppliers and amounts
This summary is taken from Exhibit B, the Pan-African Peace Commission Forensic Report of 7 September 2026, which analyses the Department of Defence's own investigation report (Exhibit A). It sets out what Exhibit B states. It is not a finding. Inclusion of a person's name in an investigative record is not a finding that the person committed an offence. Exhibit B takes its amounts from a scanned report and marks them there for verification against primary records.
Officials are identified below by name and rank, and suppliers by company. This page does not repeat the names of private individuals who direct supplier companies, or of members of officials' families. Exhibit B, published in section 03, is the full record.
Key amounts stated in Exhibit B
- R3,995,404.29 committed with no approved maintenance budget.
- R2,712,334.82 paid with no Government Order at all.
- R995,931.16 paid in excess of the invoices on file. Exhibit B calls this “the strongest fraud indicator in this report”.
- R257,696.76 paid with no invoice on file.
Officials named in Exhibit B
| Name and rank | Post | What Exhibit B records |
|---|---|---|
| Lt Col H. Munzhedzi | Acting Officer Commanding, DoD School of Catering (from 5 December 2012) | Records an instruction to split single jobs into orders below the R30,000 ceiling; spending with no approved budget; Government Orders dated December 2014 against invoices dated 2013. States that direct personal gratification is not proven in the report. |
| Maj/Capt H. Madingwana | Procurement Section (rank stated inconsistently in the source) | Records that he executed the instruction to split orders and never signed the declaration of interest, and states that he had no procurement training. Exhibit B notes no self-benefit indicated. |
| “Colonel”/Cpl Monehi | Procurement Section (rank stated inconsistently in the source) | Records that invoices were signed as certified after being handed over already certified, so no independent verification took place. |
| Cpl Mooke | Procurement Section | Treated as a witness. Records that suppliers were called on the instruction of others, and that orders were issued after the work and the invoices. |
| Lt Col Shaik-Latiff | Substantive Officer Commanding | Absent on training; confirms that no maintenance budget existed. Exhibit B notes that residual command accountability was not investigated and that no self-benefit is indicated. |
| Ms N. (Nomsa) Wesi | Budget Manager, Finance (since departed) | Identified with the budget and commitment control failure and a possible bank-detail change. Not interviewed. Exhibit B marks tracing her as a priority. |
| Ms M. Fivas | Finance Manager, Finance (since departed) | Identified with payments made without invoices and the bank-detail change. Not interviewed. Exhibit B marks tracing her as a priority. |
| Ms P.S. Molatlhegi | Serving DoD official since 12 May 2012; director of Molatlhegi Marketing and Patmola | Records supply to the school while employed by the Department, about R138,133 (R37,567.50 and R100,565.71). She claims a Military Veteran exemption, which Exhibit B says requires a legal test. |
| Mr S.M. Makhutle | Serving DoD official since 25 August 2009 | Records a supplier owned by his spouse, Melissa Construction, paid R86,830. Exhibit B flags indirect self-benefit through the spouse. |
Suppliers and amounts stated in Exhibit B
| Supplier | Amount | What Exhibit B records |
|---|---|---|
| Ndivho | R785,606.73 | The largest single allocation. Part of a cluster of five entities (Ndivho, Labeni, Abbilicious, Knowledge, Dzili) that received the largest allocations. Exhibit B describes a possible nepotism nexus as indicated and not proven. |
| Abbilicious Supply and Trading | R175,664.80 | Same cluster. Invoiced plumbing, a regulated trade, as a general supply entity. |
| Molatlhegi Marketing and Patmola | about R138,133 | A marketing company invoicing toilet supply and repair, owned by a serving DoD official. |
| Chinyere and Perfect Chika | about R169,850 combined | One director behind both entities. Sequential invoices of R27,000, R28,000, R28,200 and R29,000 for one job. |
| Blackstone Edge Communication and Mega Works Trading Enterprise | about R69,998 combined | One owner behind both entities, with invoices of R29,999.20 and R29,998.80, each just under the R30,000 ceiling. |
| Melissa Construction | R86,830 | Owned by the spouse of a serving DoD official. |
| MBHM Engineering and IT Services | see Exhibit B | One baking-oven repair job split into repeated orders of R29,868, R29,982 and R29,982. No tax invoice at the school. |
| Knowledge Solutions | R140,265.56 | Paid with no invoice on file. |
| SBB Delivery | R54,587.20 | Paid with no invoice on file. |
| Koketso Waka | R32,894.00 | Paid with no invoice on file. |
| Perfect Chika | R29,950 | Paid with no invoice on file (included in the Chinyere and Perfect Chika line above). Together with the three above: R257,696.76. |
The Pan-African Peace Commission is not a court, a prosecutor or a police service. It exercises no judicial power in respect of the Madlanga Commission and is not a party to it. Its role here is to place material before the proper forum and to keep a record.
The referral itself states that it does not ask the Madlanga Commission to determine criminal guilt or to usurp the functions of the National Prosecuting Authority; that no person named in it is presumed guilty; and that precautionary suspension is protective and is not a finding of guilt. The Pan-African Peace Commission does not prejudge the guilt or innocence of any individual. Allegations must be tested through evidence, proper investigation and due process. Inclusion of a person's name in an investigative record is not a finding that the person committed an offence, and nothing on this page should be read as a finding against any person.
Issuance of Evidential Record
The Formal Referral and Evidential Record as issued, followed by its exhibits. Each document opens as a PDF.
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Pan-African Peace Commission to the Madlanga Commission — Prosecutorial Determination, Evidence Preservation, Criminal Referral and Precautionary Suspension of Persons Implicated in the DoD Catering School Maladministration of R4 MillionFormal Referral and Evidential Record, Pan-African Peace Commission evidential report ref. No. 2 – DoD Catering. Open the PDF
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Exhibits A and B to the referralExhibit A — DoD/DI Investigation Report. Open the PDFExhibit B — Pan-African Peace Commission Forensic Report · 14 pages · 7 September 2026. Open the PDF
Record of steps
- 7 September 2026Formal Referral and Evidential Record dated and issued by the Chairman of the Pan-African Peace Commission, addressed to the Chairperson of the Madlanga Commission.
- 14 September 2026Referral date-stamped as received by the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Pretoria.
Public awareness material
Campaign material issued by the Pan-African Peace Commission to its media platforms. It is public advocacy, not evidence, and forms no part of the documents listed at section 03.
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