VIP Detainee “Cat” Matlala to Eat Well as He Testifies Before Parliament Correctional Services assures comfort and safety for high-profile remandee during Ad Hoc Committee hearings Even behind bars, some cats still get their cream. Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, the remand detainee and controversial tenderpreneur, won’t be missing a meal or a high-profile opportunity to testify […]
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A chance meeting that changed everything When Tebogo Thobejane looks back at 2020, one moment stands out: the night she was introduced to Vusimuzi Cat Matlala at a private Sandton event. It was a glamorous setting filled with familiar faces, yet it was this unexpected meeting that would shape the next 13 months of her […]
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Bail Denied: High Court Upholds Alexandra Magistrate’s Decision Businessman and alleged cartel member Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala will remain behind bars after the Johannesburg High Court upheld the denial of his bail in a high-profile attempted murder case. Matlala faces charges including attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and money laundering, stemming from a 2023 incident […]
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Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has denied any connection to murder-accused businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala during his third day of testimony before Parliament’s ad hoc committee on Tuesday. Senzo insisted he had never met, spoken to, or received any benefit — financial or otherwise — from Cat, saying he only learned of him last December […]
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Accused criminal kingpins Katiso Molefe and Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala have been identified as key figures in a powerful organised crime cartel known as the “Big Five,” the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry heard on Monday. Police Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo testified on Day 8 of the hearings, which are probing alleged criminal infiltration of […]
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has dropped a bomb that puts Mkhwanazi’s explosive briefing to shame, revealing that their probe into Tembisa Hospital has uncovered at least three coordinated syndicates behind the looting of over R2 billion. South Africans are currently functioning at a few ‘yhos‘ per minute due to the current state of chaos […]
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The world of South African entertainment has once again collided with the country’s darker undercurrents of crime and violence. Actress and businesswoman Tebogo Thobejane, known for her role in Muvhango and her outspoken presence on social media, has reportedly fled South Africa. The reason: fear for her life after what prosecutors describe as an attempted hit linked to […]
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Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for his bail application, offering to raise R100,000 for his release. He faces multiple charges, including attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and money laundering, following a 2023 shooting targeting his former lover, actress and socialite Tebogo Thobejane, on the N1 highway near […]
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