Either you agree or disagree with her; she fought and stood her ground for Cat Matlala, and I think she won and got what she wanted in the end.
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Dear Justice Madlanga,
Most South Africans have a deep sense of justice. From our dark,brutal past, we know the experience of unfairness & injustice.
Thank you and your colleagues at the Commission for restoring our faith in the possibility of justice & fairness.
Best wishes!
The Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee Report fails to find any corruption or illegal activities by the following individuals:
Major-General Feroz Khan
Lieutenant-General Molefe Isaac Fani
Hangwani Morgan Maumela
Commissioner Julius Doctor Mkhwanazi
Paul O’Sullivan
Sarah-Jane Trent
Minister Senzo Mfundo Mchunu
Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala
Brown Mogotsi
Bheki Hamilton Cele
Advocate Andrea Johnson
Honourable Fadiel Adams
Honourable Dianne Kohler Barnard
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has withdrawn from the plea and sentence agreement related to the R228 million Medicare24 health and wellness police tender.
In effect, the plea agreement falls away and the matter starts afresh. The magistrate who rejected the plea deal will not preside over the trial, as he has already expressed views on the agreement and may be regarded as conflicted.
Matlala is expected to change his plea to “not guilty”, meaning the legal process resets and the presumption of innocence applies until a court finds otherwise. The prosecution will once again carry the burden of proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt, despite any previous admissions made during plea negotiations.
Vusimuzi Cat Matlala was dissatisfied with the additional four years imposed by the magistrate. Considering that this is a non-violent offence, the practical impact of those extra years may have been significantly reduced through parole provisions. If that was the motivation behind withdrawing from the agreement, it appears to be a risky gamble.
The case now heads back to square one, with a full trial likely to determine Matlala’s fate.
Chaskalson is determined to implicate Julius Malema, but Advocate Khumalo is not accepting it.
"Where is there for him part? " question remains 💁🏾♂️
Chaskalson is referring to things that are not contained in the bundles in an attempt to implicate Julius Malema and the EFF
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