Matlala testimony postponed to September amid plea-deal dispute
Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala's scheduled testimony before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has been postponed to September 1 after his lawyer applied for a delay to obtain negotiation notes from the Independent Directorate Against Corruption and recordings cited by prior witnesses. Matlala is linked to an irregular R228 million SAPS health and wellness tender awarded to Medicare24 Tshwane District and had entered guilty pleas to fraud, corruption and money laundering before withdrawing from a collapsed plea agreement after a magistrate revised the proposed sentence. He must file his statement by July 26, and the delay is intended to protect his right to a fair criminal trial.
Matlala's testimony was postponed pending IDAC materials and his statement.
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Matlala earlier entered guilty pleas tied to an irregular R228 million SAPS tender. A magistrate set aside the sentence offer and the plea deal collapsed. The commission delayed his testimony and set a July 26 deadline for his statement…
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