Suliman Carrim claims he was played by Brown Mogotsi and Cat Matlala

By Johnathan Paoli

North West businessman Suleiman Carrim has claimed that he was “played” by controversial “fixer” Oupa Brown Mogotsi and businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, describing himself as a middleman caught in a web of misrepresentation, political name-dropping and failed payments linked to a lucrative police medical services tender.

Appearing before the Madlanga Commission on Monday, Carrim, owner and director of private security firm Fusion Tactical Team and a shareholder in funding vehicle Ziggy, said his dealings with Matlala and Mogotsi left him R8.25 million out of pocket after he advanced R10 million to support operations tied to a SAPS contract.

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“It was clear that both of them were playing me. I was caught in the middle of them. I believed that they were in cahoots from what I see now…the two of them were playing