- Business tycoon Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has withdrawn from a controversial plea deal after a magistrate recommended a 12‑year sentence, blocking prosecutors from using his testimony.
- Matlala had pleaded guilty to bribery, fraud and money‑laundering over a 360m‑rand health contract and reportedly implicated senior police officers.
- The case is part of a wider probe into alleged collusion between organised crime and senior police; hearings resume 11 September and Matlala appears at the Madlanga Commission this week.
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