Vusimuzi Matlala to learn if bid for bail successful

Attempted murder accused Vusimuzi Matlala will learn if his bid for bail has been successful in the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Matlala brought his bail application earlier in September after initially abandoning it.

The controversial businessman is accused of calling a hit on his socialite girlfriend, Tebogo Thobejane, in December 2023.

He’s been charged, together with his wife, Tsakane, and three others, on charges ranging from attempted murder to money laundering.

It’s a coincidence worth noting that Matla will receive judgement on his bail application on the same day that KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will begin his testimony before the police commission of inquiry.

Since Mkhwanazi’s explosive press briefing in July where he implicated Matlala in dodgy dealings with senior politicians and top cops, the 49-year-old businessman has become a figure of interest.

But it’s for an alleged hit on Thobejane and not his alleged dodgy dealings that Matlala is arrested.

In his bid for bail, he told the court that he suffers from asthma, chronic tonsilitis and he could die in prison.

The State opposes bail, saying he is a flight risk, as he owns a private jet and assets in Mauritius.

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