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Wednesday, 11 November 2026
Parliament heard that about one in five 101 emergency calls were dropped last year, while the Madlanga Commission grilled Vusimuzi Matlala over brick-shaped products he said were minerals.
- 20:04
About 1.8 million 101 emergency calls were dropped nationally in the last financial year, roughly one in five, acting Police Minister Cachalia told Parliament, according to committee chair Ian Cameron.
- 21:07
Matlala told the Madlanga Commission he forwarded photos of a white brick product he could not name and denied knowing it was cocaine, but commissioners said the packaging and price talk showed otherwise.
- 20:30
Matlala alleges former police minister Bheki Cele asked him to buy a retirement property worth R6 million in Trafalgar, KwaZulu-Natal, in return for help after police seized firearms from his security company.
- 20:13
Cameron said police cannot collect proper call data because they are short of staff, and he urged SAPS to work with private-sector players such as Business Against Crime on a six-month turnaround plan.