IDAC Officials Took Me to Sheraton Hotel Instead of Prison, Cat Matlala Claims
Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has alleged that investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) diverted his prison transfer to take him to a Pretoria hotel.
Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, 9 November, Matlala claimed that when IDAC officials removed him from the eBongweni Super Maximum Correctional Centre in Kokstad, they did not transport him directly to the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
Instead, he alleged that the officials first drove him to the Sheraton Hotel at around 2:00 AM.
During his testimony, Matlala further claimed that he was introduced to a senior official at the hotel and was pressured by investigators to provide incriminating information against high-ranking South African Police Service (SAPS) generals, including National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, and Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo.
Matlala, who faces serious charges including attempted murder, fraud, and money laundering, told the commission that investigators repeatedly booked him out of custody without his legal team’s knowledge in an effort to coerce him into signing a plea deal and implicating senior police officials.
The Madlanga Commission—tasked with investigating criminality, political interference, and corruption within the criminal justice system—continues to hear testimony regarding the allegations
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