Mchunu confirms ties with Mogotsi, denies Matlala link

SUSPENDED Police Minister Senzo Mchunu yesterday confirmed knowing North West businessman, Brown Mogotsi, as a comrade but denied knowing or ever meeting attempted murder accused Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

Testifying before the parliamentary inquiry, the minister said he had known Mogotsi since 2017 as a comrade.

"I have never asked him if he is married or not. I have never gone to his home. I have never watched soccer with him, and I have never inquired about his personal life because we just occasionally talk about this and that," he said.

Earlier, Mchunu sought to clarify his statement he made about Mogotsi at the meeting of the Police Portfolio Committee on March 5.

It was the same meeting KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said Mchunu's chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde, told him that he is a very close associate of Mogotsi.

Mchunu said he did not mention who the person was, but was merely relating a story.