Johnathan Paoli
Mzansi will have to wait until Wednesday to hear whether the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court will accept a proposed plea-and-sentence agreement under which controversial businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has admitted guilt and agreed to cooperate with the State in the R228.6 million SAPS-Medicare24 tender scandal.
Reserving judgment in Tshwane on Thursday, Magistrate Ignatius du Preez said he was not yet in a position to decide whether the proposed sentence was just, after Matlala tendered guilty pleas to fraud, corruption and money laundering in the case.
“We have reached a stage of proceedings where the court, with due regard to the inputs provided, the various exhibits and submissions given, that I must make a decision as to whether the sentence agreement is a just sentence. I am not in a position today to make a finding as to whether it is indeed a just sentence. I’ve been provided
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