The use of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s abandoned plea deal statement at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has sparked a legal dispute, with his defence warning that the ruling allowing the document could undermine future plea negotiations with the state. Matlala’s legal representative, Annelene van den Heever, has indicated that the defence intends to challenge commission chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s decision permitting questions about the statement, which was prepared during negotiations with the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac). The statement, which was…
The Madlanga Commission has continued to encounter difficulty obtaining clear responses from suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, whose testimony entered a fifth day marked by repeated evasiveness. Sibiya struggled to explain why he shared confidential police documents with Fannie Nkosi, whom the commission believes acted as an intermediary between him and alleged criminal Cat Matlala. According to the commission, Nkosi allegedly passed the files on to Matlala. Sibiya initially defended the action on the basis that Nkosi is…
During recent proceedings at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference, and corruption within South Africa’s criminal justice system, Chairperson Madlanga raised concerns over the timing of information shared by suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya regarding the controversial Medicare24 contract. The contract, valued at R360 million and awarded to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s company Medicare24 in June 2024 for providing medical services to the South African Police Service (SAPS), was abruptly cancelled by National Commissioner…
The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Sello Seitlholo has accused the Vryburg-based Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in North West of failure as a water service authority to provide water to the communities within its local municipalities. This after he conducted an urgent oversight visit at Pudimoe Water Treatment Works in the north of Taung, where he found among others that the municipality relies on one water tanker to provide over 100 villages within the district with water.…