'Cat' Matlala claims to have financed Mchunu to the tune R500 000

VUSIMUZI "Cat" Matlala told police that he has receipts to prove that he bankrolled suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu's ANC presidential ambitions through one of fixer Brown Mogotsi's companies.

- BY LOYISO SIDIMBA

The Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry last week heard recordings of interviews with Matlala.

The interview took place on 14 May this year with police investigators identified only as Witnesses C, B, and A at the commission led by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga.

The investigation focused on allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption within the criminal justice system.

During the interview, the officers and Matlala discussed funding Mchunu's ANC 8 January anniversary celebration delegates to Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Matlala said he had evidence that he contributed R500 000 for flight tickets, accommodation, and entertainment.

Witness C said Matlala indicated that if the investigators went through those bank statements, they would see the payments reflected.

Matlala undertook to implicate Mchunu.

"I'm going to put the minister there," he is heard saying in one recording.

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