Monday, 17 August 2026

Vusimuzi Kat Matlala told the Madlanga Commission he may not give full evidence on the SAPS healthcare tender, citing self-incrimination concerns; he disclosed a prior housebreaking-and-theft conviction and a pending trial on attempted murder and money laundering charges.

Matlala said his company CAT VIP Security never won EMPD contracts and only provided unpaid security services once to former mayor Tania Campbell, while his lawyer argued late-disclosed bundles of more than 2,000 pages justified a supplementary affidavit.

The Commission worked through Matlala’s responses to a long list of named police and political figures, with several relationships deferred to a supplementary statement because his team said they were tied to disputed recordings and IDAC investigations.

Listeners clashed over March and March’s Durban protest and President Ramaphosa’s remark that South Africans should be “deeply ashamed” of discrimination against foreign nationals, with calls for stronger regional action on undocumented migration.

The Family Matters slot unpacked the “father wound” as a psychological pattern linked to absent or emotionally unavailable fathers; the psychologist said healing usually needs therapy, agency and sometimes a third-party conversation, not only an apology.