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Lesi sinqumo sichitha isivumelwano lapho uMatlala ayevumelene khona ekuqaleni ngesigwebo seminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ukuze asebenzisane njengofakazi wombuso ngokumelene nezikhulu zamaphoyisa eziphezulu futhi manje kusho ukuthi uzovela enkantolo esikhundleni salokho.<\/p>\n<h4>Imininingwane Yesicelo Esihoxisiwe Nezinqubo Zezomthetho<\/h4>\n<p>Imibhalo yenkantolo ikhombisa ukuthi isivumelwano sokuqala sikaMatlala sokuvuma icala sasihlanganisa isigwebo seminyaka eyi-15, kanye neminyaka eyisikhombisa emisiwe, okuncike ekubambisaneni kwakhe ngokugcwele njengofakazi wombuso. Isivumelwano kamuva sabuyekezwa saba yisikhathi seminyaka eyisishiyagalombili esisebenzayo ngemuva kokuba uMatlala evumile amacala okukhwabanisa, inkohlakalo, kanye nokuhlanzwa kwemali ngomhlaka-25 Juni 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Kodwa-ke, uMantshi u-Ignatius du Preez uthole ukuthi isigwebo seminyaka eyisishiyagalombili esiphakanyisiwe asanele ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kukaMatlala ekukhohlisweni kwamathenda yi-SAPS Medicare24 Tshwane District, wancoma ukuthi anikezwe isigwebo seminyaka eyi-12 esikhundleni salokho. UMatlala wabe esenqaba lesi sichibiyelo, okwenza uMantshi u-du Preez wathi, \u201cIsivumelwano sokuvuma icala nesigwebo asisebenzi.\u201d Icala, elihilela uMatlala nabanye abasolwa ababili, lihlehliselwe umhla ziyi-11 kuMandulo 2026 ukuze kuqulwe icala.<\/p>\n<h4>Imiphumela Yophenyo Lwenkohlakalo lwe-SAPS<\/h4>\n<p>Ithenda ye-Medicare24, enenani lika-R228 million, yanikezwa inkampani kaMatlala ngaphambi kokuba ikhanselwe ngenxa yokungalungi kokuthengwa kwempahla. Ubufakazi bukaMatlala obulindelekile ngokumelene nezikhulu eziphezulu ze-SAPS babubhekwa njengobubalulekile emizamweni yabashushisi yokuveza inkohlakalo ebanzi ohlelweni lwamathenda amaphoyisa.<\/p>\n<p>Njengoba isivumelwano sokuvuma icala siphela, umbuso ulahlekelwa ngufakazi obalulekile ozimisele ukunikeza ubufakazi obumangalela izikhulu eziphezulu, okwandisa ingozi yokuthi inethiwekhi ebanzi ehilelekile kuleli cala ingase ingadalulwa. Manje kuzobhekwa icala elihlelelwe uSepthemba, kungaqiniseki mayelana namasu ezomthetho engeziwe kanye nokubambisana kofakazi bombuso.<\/p>\n<p>Inkantolo izophinde ihlangane ngomhlaka-11 Septhemba 2026, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi uMatlala kanye nabasolwa naye baquliswe amacala enkohlakalo, ukukhwabanisa kanye nokuhlanzwa kwemali.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVusimuzi &#039;Cat&#039; Matlala uhoxile esivumelwaneni sakhe sokuvuma icala lenkohlakalo le-SAPS Medicare24 elingama-R228 million, okwenza isivumelwano saphela futhi kwaqala icala likaSepthemba.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[253,464,465,211,265,463],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-corruption","tag-medicare24","tag-plea-agreement","tag-saps","tag-tender-fraud","tag-vusimuzi-cat-matlala"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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