Cele fires shots at Mchunu

TESTIMONY: SUSPENDED MINISTER 'SOUGHT FUNDING FROM MATLALA FOR ANC PRESIDENCY BID'

- Jarryd Westerdale

POINTING OUT: Former police minister Bheki Cele at the parliamentary ad hoc committee inquiry into alleged police corruption in Cape Town yesterday. Picture: Gallo Images

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Parliament's ad hoc committee into police corruption has heard about the alleged political ambitions of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu.

Former police minister Bheki Cele appeared before the committee yesterday, the day after his successor had wrapped up his own appearance.

Cele spoke candidly about the figures who have captivated the committee these past three weeks.

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has been central to the committee’s evidence and when asked if he knew Matlala, Cele responded, “very well”.

He said he had met Matlala for the first time in December 2024 at the Beverley Hills Hotel in Durban. This meeting happened after a raid at Matlala’s home, with the businessman asking a mutual acquaintance to arrange a meeting with Cele.

Cele relayed how Matlala told him he felt he was being used for “political games”, having just received a R360 million tender for health risk services.