Matjeng pushes to clarify her relationship with Matlala and disputed payments

By Johnathan Paoli

Proceedings at the Madlanga Commission resumed after lunch with a shift in focus after SAPS Quality Management head Brigadier Rachel Matjeng’s legal representative Rhulani Shirindzi, successfully applied to re-examine her testimony in order to clarify three central issues: her alleged romantic relationship with alleged drug-linked businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, the money she says she received from him, and the R300 000 he paid into Osizweni Butchery.

Shirindzi argued that “there are critical matters that require clarification so the record accurately reflects Ms Matjeng’s position,” a submission the chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga accepted without objection from the evidence leader advocate Pooe.

Shirindzi told the commission the re-examination was necessary because discrepancies and assumptions had emerged around the nature of the relationship between his client and Matlala, as well as the purpose and destination of the money Matlala allegedly sent on her behalf.

Matjeng reaffirmed her claim that she