By Johnathan Paoli
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told Parliament that a handwritten prison letter and details surrounding his April 2025 meeting with businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala reinforced his suspicions of political interference in policing.
Appearing before Parliament’s ad hoc committee on the final day of oral hearings into allegations first made by the Lieutenant General at a press briefing in July 2025, Mkhwanazi said the letter, written by inmate Jermaine Prim, contained details that had not previously been made public, including references to his meeting with Matlala.
He said that made the document difficult to dismiss outright, even though it remained hearsay until independently tested.
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“This person talks about things that we did not talk about here, there are too many things here that might be relevant. There’s drug issues that was spoken about in
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