Overview
- SAPS confirmed on Friday that nine members of the Bid Evaluation Committee have been placed on suspension while disciplinary and related investigations are finalised.
- Investigators say the suspended officers were responsible for assessing the Medicare24 tender, a procurement decision that has prompted criminal probes and earlier arrests of senior police figures and a company director.
- Reporting has given different values for the contract, with articles citing a core health-services tender of about R228 million, a broader three-year estimate near R360 million and an available SAPS budget line of R600 million.
- The tender was cancelled after an internal audit in April 2025 and the case has fed into the Madlanga Commission and a parliamentary ad hoc committee that have scrutinised alleged links between senior officers and businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
- The suspensions deepen administrative accountability for possible Public Finance Management Act breaches, expose weaknesses in SAPS procurement checks, and leave open further outcomes from criminal prosecutions, disciplinary hearings and parliamentary and commission findings.