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TABLES TURNED: Masemola cleared in Cat Matlala tender scandal, Johnson-era Idac cases reviewed

Daily Maverick · 16 September 2026 at 00:15

TABLES TURNED: Masemola cleared in Cat Matlala tender scandal, Johnson-era Idac cases reviewed

Public Prosecutions boss Andy Mothibi has ordered the withdrawal of charges against suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in a case involving a controversial policing tender awarded to the company of organised-crime accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.

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