By Johnathan Paoli
Tenderpreneur and attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala on Thursday claimed that several WhatsApp messages and voice notes presented as evidence against him at Parliament’s ad hoc committee and the Madlanga Commission were “manipulated.”
The claim became a central point of contention as evidence leader and senior counsel Norman Arendse continued his examination of Matlala’s relationships with senior police officials and his knowledge of alleged criminal networks.
Tension rose when Arendse read from WhatsApp messages purportedly exchanged between Matlala and alleged political fixer and middleman, Brown Mogotsi.
Matlala repeatedly disputed that most of the conversations were attributed to him, stressing that the content had been altered.
“I have to account for messages I don’t even know how they have got here. This thing has been tampered with, that is a fact,” Matlala said.
He said the screenshots were fabricated and that certain phrases, particularly those referring to
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