By Marcus Moloko
Flamboyant businessman and taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni has emerged as a recurring figure in testimony before the Madlanga Commission, where evidence has traversed alleged police information leaks, underworld rivalries and a past attempt on his life.
Sibanyoni, known as “Joe Ferrari” for his love of high-end sports cars, has also been linked, in testimony, to a turbulent relationship with notorious tender tycoon and alleged underworld figure, Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala.
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During a failed bail application for Matlala last year, related to the botched hit on his former girlfriend Tebogo Thobejane, the court heard that Sibanyoni was shot outside Centurion Golf Estate in Pretoria in August 2022, in another botched hit, allegations that remain before the courts.
Sibanyoni’s rise is the stuff of township legend.
In 1985, Sibanyoni started as a taxi driver in the dusty streets of
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