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Cat Matlala admits connection to Hangwani Maumela

Mail & Guardian · 25 August 2026 at 15:05

Cat Matlala admits connection to Hangwani Maumela

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that he partnered with Hangwani Morgan Maumela, a key figure in the R820m Tembisa Hospital procurement scandal, to secure medical supply contracts from the Gauteng Department of Health.

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