Nkosi says Matlala used Bokaba, Fani links to track SAPS tender payments

By Johnathan Paoli

Police sergeant Fannie Nkosi has revealed that controversial tender kingpin Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala allegedly maintained powerful connections and allies inside the South African Police Service’s finance division.

Nkosi named head of Supply Chain Management (SCM), Lieutenant-General Molefe Fani, and Brigadier Glenda Bokaba as officials he understood to be ‘Matlala’s people’.

He also intimated that it was this network that enabled Matlala to navigate and influence the flow of lucrative police tenders and personal favours to the top cops.

Appearing before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, Nkosi testified that Matlala himself had indicated he had connections within SAPS finance.

“Matlala had his people in finance which he would drop their names. Matlala told me that Bokaba and Fani were his people inside SAPS,” said Nkosi.

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