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The Namibian · Namibia · 'Cat' Matlala pleads guilty in R228m SAPS tender case, turns state witness
Carries the regional wire framing for Southern African readers, emphasising the alleged drug-trafficking cartel infiltration of the police and the R360m health tender Matlala won in 2024.
“A key figure in South Africa's police corruption scandal pleaded guilty, in a case alleging a drug cartel penetrated the police.”