MADLANGA COMMISSION: Collapsed ‘Cat’ Matlala plea deal exposes alleged Idac plot against Mkhwanazi allies
Organised crime-accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala has, on day three of his testimony, claimed that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) was pursuing an agenda to weaken KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi by targeting senior officers aligned with him and dismantling his support base within the SAPS.
Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, a man accused of involvement in organised crime, testified at the Madlanga Commission that the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (Idac) was attempting to weaken KwaZulu-Natal's police commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, by targeting senior officers allied with him and dismantling his support base within the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Matlala claimed that Idac investigators were waiting for him to accept a plea deal regarding the R228-million SAPS Medicare24 contract case, but the arrangement fell apart when he refused to accept the terms.
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