Twelve individuals—most of them police officers—appeared before a court in Pretoria following their arrest in the capital. The group was detained in connection with a R360 million police tender awarded to Medicare 24, a company owned by alleged criminal mastermind Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. The contract has since been cancelled. In a statement, National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago confirmed the arrests:“The NPA’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has arrested 12 senior police officers and a company director in relation to the…

The North West Department of Education says processes are at an advanced stage, to collect about R114 million in staff debt, which has been accumulating since 2003. The figure was revealed in a report by the Auditor-General South Africa, which found a financial loss material irregularity in the department’s payroll system “relating to salary overpayments due to employees who had resigned, retired or died and not being timeously removed from the personnel salary system, resulting in payments for services not…

Twelve senior South African Police Service (SAPS) and a company director are expected to appear before the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday, on allegations of corruption related to the R360 million Medicare 24 contract. The company was owned by alleged crime accused, Vusimuzi Cat Matlala, and the contract was cancelled in December last year. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday night by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) in relation to the irregular awarding of a tender…