Matlala drops MASSIVE bombshells

And so on and so on. Now, what's left here? Let's actually do a quick summary. What's left here is a few questions that are left to be answered, and that is: was the plea deal statement true? Because what we saw today was him disown in substance everything that formed part of that deal with selective concessions on things that were inopportune to him.

Position, but we did see him own and verify the feracity around claims that involve other people, such as Shadrack Sibiya and Shadrack Sibiya's friend, one Serge Kabonga. We hear Matlala actually articulate a story where he was taken to the home of a minister, the then deputy minister of public works.

I believe the name Bernice Swart, who is now, I believe, the Deputy Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries. In effect, that was a meeting to allegedly, as Matala recounts in his testimony, supply and procure cash to secure a series of deals that he was involved in and that Kabong allegedly.

As the conduit facilitating these deals on behalf or at instruction of Sibiya, and that Matlala was involved from that front. So, this painting a very interesting picture because you are seeing now a senior member of the South African government's executive being brought into the conversation around this illicit flow of capital from Matlala into the

Government, and obviously, given the terms of reference of the Commission, they're there to find how money is flowing from these individuals into taking control of the state apparatus and manipulating it to their benefit. So, given that that's part of the statement, Ma'ala did not deny that that happened. What we also see, a question that still leaves an answer, is the payment to COVID.

Because what we see is that there's the 50,000 rand payment. Did Sibiya, did he pay Sibiya himself? That's the ultimate question around this 50,000 rand. And is the context or the nature of this 50,000 rand payment as it was characterized in Matlala's testimony accurate? So there are other sums that are involved that he denies or declined to render testimony to, not even just confirm.