Leaked Matlala affidavit accuses Cele, Sibiya and Swarts of bribes and tender rigging

A leaked draft affidavit by tender fraud accused Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala contains allegations against former police minister Bheki Cele, former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, and former deputy public works minister Bernice Swarts, including claims of cash bribes, extortion, and tender manipulation. The unsigned 25-page document was drafted while Matlala was in custody for a proposed plea and sentence agreement with the NPA and IDAC, which collapsed after a magistrate ruled an eight-year sentence too lenient. It centres on the irregular R360-million SAPS Medicare24 medical services contract, on which at least R50-million was paid before cancellation in May 2025. The claims remain untested and those implicated deny them, but the revelations land a week before the local elections and feed the wider police capture scandal under scrutiny by the Madlanga Commission. Also in this briefing: final-week metro polls in eThekwini and Tshwane, Ramaphosa's deployment of 510 soldiers to KwaZulu-Natal, quick updates on the fuel levy and pre-election violence, and day one of the deciding Test between the Proteas and Australia at Newlands.

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