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Ikhomishini ngaphambilini yathola ukuthi isitifiketi sikaMatlala sokuvunyelwa kwamaphoyisa, esasithi wayengenalo irekhodi lobugebengu, sasiwukukhwabanisa, futhi manje ubhekene nesicelo sokuvuma icala esibuyekeziwe esivela ku-NPA esinesigwebo seminyaka engu-12 ejele, okumele samukelwe noma senqatshwe ngomhlaka-13 Julayi 2026, ngokusho kwemibhalo yenkantolo kanye ne-NPA.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukugxila KweKhomishini Ezixhumanweni Zobugebengu Obuhleliwe Nenkohlakalo<\/h4>\n<p>IKhomishini kaMadlanga, eyasungulwa ukuphenya inkohlakalo nobugebengu ngaphakathi kohlelo lwezobulungiswa, ihlonze uMatlala noKatiso Molefe njengabaholi beqembu &#039;le-Big Five&#039;, elithinteka ekushushumbisweni kwezidakamizwa, ukudunwa kwezimoto, ukukhwabanisa ngamathenda, kanye nokubulawa kwezinkontileka. U-Anelitha Fandese, obika ku-Eyewitness News, uqinisekise ukubizelwa kukaMatlala kwikhomishini. Ubufakazi phambi kwekhomishini buveze ukuthi inhloko yoMnyango Wamaphoyisa ase-Ekurhuleni Metro (EMPD) emisiwe uJulius Mkhwanazi uthole okungenani u-R70,000 kuMatlala njengezinkokhelo zokwaneliseka, kanti isikhulu esiphezulu se-Crime Intelligence kuthiwa sicele u-R2.5 million kuMatlala futhi sahlala endlini yakhe ephakeme. Okutholakele kwekhomishini kuhlobanise ukuziphatha kabi kwezikhulu nomsebenzi wobugebenga obanzi.<\/p>\n<h4>Intuthuko Yezomthetho Nezinyathelo Ezilandelayo<\/h4>\n<p>INkantolo Yamacala Ezentengiselwano yasePitoli yenqabe isivumelwano sangaphambilini se-NPA esasizogweba uMatlala iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili futhi simvikele ekufakazeni. UMatlala manje ubhekene nesigwebo seminyaka eyi-12 ejele ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esibuyekeziwe. Usengumuntu osolwa ngokuphula umthetho kuze kube yilapho etholakala enecala. Ikhomishini isivele yenze imiphumela ebalulekile mayelana nemibhalo yamaphoyisa ekhohlisayo ecaleni likaMatlala. Ubufakazi phambi kweKhomishini ngoLwesibili oluzayo kulindeleke ukuthi bucacise ubukhulu benethiwekhi yobugebengu ngaphakathi nangaphandle kohlelo lobulungiswa. Ithimba lezomthetho likaMatlala linesikhathi kuze kube ngumhla ziyi-13 kuNtulikazi 2026 ukuphendula isicelo sokuvuma. Izinyathelo ezengeziwe zizoncika ebufakazini bakhe kanye nasezinqubweni zenkantolo ezizayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umholi weqembu eliphikisayo uVusimuzi &#039;Cat&#039; Matlala uzofakaza phambi kweKhomishini kaMadlanga ngesonto elizayo ngemuva kokuba inkantolo yenqabe isivumelwano sakhe ne-NPA.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[270,253,243,209,267,268,269],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ewn","tag-cartel","tag-corruption","tag-court","tag-madlanga-commission","tag-matlala","tag-npa","tag-organised-crime"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vusimuzi \u2018Cat\u2019 Matlala to testify before Madlanga Commission next week - 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