Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that investigators from the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) allegedly offered him the possibility of serving his sentence in a private home with his family in exchange for providing incriminating information about senior police officials.
Matlala claimed the arrangement would allow him to live with his family while members of the public believed he was still in prison.
According to his testimony, he would only leave the house when required to attend court proceedings.
He alleged that the information investigators wanted concerned KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola and Crime Intelligence head General Dumisani Khumalo.
The allegations form part of Matlala’s account of his interactions with IDAC investigators, whom he has accused of pressuring him to provide information against the three senior police officials.
Earlier on Monday, Matlala told the commission that investigators allegedly took him to the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria during the early hours of the morning instead of taking him directly to Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility.
He claimed that he was asked to provide information about the generals and was instructed to contact General Senona when he said he had no such information. (EWN)
Matlala’s claims about the alleged private-home arrangement have not been independently established. They form part of his testimony before the commission.
