Mogotsi says “Cat” Matlala advised him on legal ‘strategy’

Brown Mogotsi – a self-proclaimed agent of the police – has informed the Madlanga Commission about alleged drug cartel members Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala advised him on how to proceed. “strategise” a court interdict against a R1bn health department tender.On Wednesday, evidence leader Adv Matthew Chaskalson revealed that the September 2023 interdict by Mogotsi was instituted after a company linked to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s nephew, Hangwani Maumela, and tender tycoon Matlala had lost the bid.Chaskalson asked Mogotsi if Matlala had ever funded his foundation, but he denied this, saying he had no idea of the funders.Chaskalson then played a TV interview from October in which Mogotsi said that he knew Matlala and that Matlala had once assisted him.Mogotsi quickly responded that Matlala had not assisted him financially but had helped him to “strategise”.“He helped with ideas and other things. He gave technical ideas on how to do things. He told us that we must make sure that whoever helps this process [litigation] must not be a company that has tendered [before],” Mogotsi claimed in court documents that the case was being brought. “in the interest of other [losing] bidders [local businesses]” He stated that the North West community was unhappy with the awarding of the contract to an unqualified bidder. “outsider”. He gave technical ideas on how to do things.—  Brown MogotsiAt the time, acting Judge Okgabile Yvonne Dibetso-Bodibe approved the application on 22 September 2023 and refused the department permission to appeal. In April 2024, the Supreme Court of Appeal reversed this decision. Four months later, Mogotsi retracted his application and allowed the tender to proceed.“Those people followed me for so long, and I thought they couldn’t find me, and when they saw my car, they fired shots,” He said. Sowetan
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