Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has confirmed that he was speaking to Sergeant Fannie Nkosi when police arrived at his home to search for missing businessman Jerry Boshoga.
Testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, Matlala said Nkosi had called him shortly before the police arrived at his property.
He confirmed that he was still on the phone with Nkosi when officers arrived.
However, Matlala denied that Nkosi had warned him that police were coming to search his home for Boshoga.
He told the commission that he only learnt later that Nkosi had known about the planned police operation, but maintained that the sergeant had not tipped him off.
The police operation took place on 6 December 2024 at Matlala’s Waterkloof Ridge home. Officers were acting on intelligence that Boshoga, who had been abducted in November 2024, was being held at the property.
The circumstances surrounding the raid and the communication between Matlala and Nkosi have been scrutinised at the commission. Nkosi previously denied tipping Matlala off, despite phone records showing communication between the two around the time of the operation.
Matlala’s testimony places the phone call between the two men at the centre of further questions about what Nkosi knew about the operation and whether that information was passed on to Matlala.
