The “moneyman”, Mike van Wyk, the notorious “Cat” Vusimusi Matlala and the now suspended Ekurhuleni metro police chief, Julius Mkhwanazi.
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It’s quite evident that the attempted murder- and tender fraud-accused Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala relied on several allegedly crooked cops to seal a tainted R360 million police health services tender.
The question now, though, is: Who, from the Medicare 24 stable of companies backed the notorious figure in his bids?
In other words, our multi-award-winning journalist and author Jeff Wicks asks: Who exactly is Mike van Wyk?
Later in our trending topic segment; a pensioner appears in court for the Bellville South house of horrors murder.
Finally, the United Nations started taking stronger action against apartheid SA, with On This Day in SA History.
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