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Cele tears into apartheid operatives
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Mbeki denies claims his government planned to shield apartheid-era perpetrators: Testifying before the TRC Cases Inquiry, Mbeki is responding to allegations made ...
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Ad hoc committee wants Bheki Cele probed over alleged ‘Cat’ Matlala payments: Political parties want investigators to obtain banking and accommodation records to ...
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Subpoena Mbeki, stalwart Dr Mathews Phosa urges inquiry: Struggle stalwart Mathews Phosa has urged the Khampepe Commission to subpoena Thabo Mbeki to clarify ...
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Zuma and Mbeki set to testify before TRC inquiry this month over political interference claims
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WATCH LIVE | Khampepe commission into TRC cases : The Khampepe commission of inquiry continues in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Friday
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WATCH LIVE | Khampepe commission into TRC cases
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Cele ‘pained’ by claims he knows more about disappearance of anti-apartheid activist
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Cele says he wasn’t aware of outstanding TRC cases when he headed SAPS: Former Police Minister Bheki Cele testified before the TRC Cases Commission of Inquiry on ...
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'It still haunts me': Frank Chikane relives apartheid poisoning horror at TRC Inquiry
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'Maybe FNB should be charged,' says Matlala on R500k bribe to Cele: Murder suspect Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala has delivered explosive testimony before South Africa's ...
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'Maybe FNB should be charged,' says Matlala on R500k bribe to Cele
Key FactsExplosive Claims of Bribery and Money Laundering
Nov 27, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: iol.co.za
  • Murder suspect Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala implicated FNB in facilitating money laundering through a large cash withdrawal by his sister.

  • The withdrawn funds were allegedly part of a R500,000 bribe paid to former Police Minister Bheki Cele in two installments.

  • Matlala described police raids on his residence in December 2024, contradicting Cele’s earlier denials of involvement.

  • Frequent visits by Cele to Matlala's penthouse suggest a close relationship, reinforcing suspicions of corruption.
    • If it is money laundering, then why did FNB allow us to withdraw the money? Maybe they should also be charged for allowing us to do that.
    — Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala during his testimony before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating systemic corruption in South Africa’s law enforcement agencies.
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Cele: I would have avoided the Marikana massacre: Bheki Cele, who was police commissioner from 2009 until he was dismissed in 2011, criticised his successor Riah ...
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Cele: I would have avoided the Marikana massacre
Key FactsCele Reveals Meeting with Crime-Accused Matlala
Oct 23, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • Bheki Cele stated he has known the accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala since December 2024.

  • Matlala informed Cele that he was asked to provide an affidavit against the Crime Intelligence head.

  • The allegations involve a suspected drug cartel linked to both crime and political figures in South Africa.

  • Cele cited past court rulings indicating infiltration of the police force by criminal gangs.
    • To be honest, the nation does not know SAPS saved the World Cup.
    — Bheki Cele, during his testimony in Parliament about the police's role in saving the 2010 World Cup.
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