By Johnathan Paoli
The ad-hoc committee’s third, and possibly the last day of hearings for the year, ended with tense exchanges between members of Parliament and businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, whose shifting claims, lengthy criminal history, and alleged dealings with senior police figures came under aggressive scrutiny.
The session resumed after lunch with committee members challenging Matlala’s allegation that his cellphone had been tampered with while he was in custody.
Patriotic Alliance (PA) MP Ashley Sauls pressed Matlala to provide concrete proof, insisting that without evidence he could not accept the claim.
Matlala maintained that activity on the phone after his imprisonment on 14 May proved interference, but admitted he could not compare screenshots submitted to the committee with data on the device itself.
The sharpest interrogation came from Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Glynnis Breytenbach, who opened by highlighting Matlala’s extensive criminal history, a list of arrests and withdrawn cases
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