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PSIRA suspends eight officials over registration of Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala’s security company

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PSiRAIOL News reports that the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) has suspended eight staff members after uncovering serious irregularities in the registration of controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s security company, Cat Protection and Security.

PSIRA spokesperson Bonang Kleinbooi said a preliminary investigation revealed improper conduct, procedural lapses, and systemic weaknesses in internal control mechanisms, including failures in document verification, oversight, and ethical compliance. PSIRA has also initiated a legal review of the registrations of Cat Protection and Security and its director, Matlala. The authority will also review its Code of Conduct for staff members to align disciplinary consequences with acts of omission, negligence, or collusion in breach of the PSIRA Act.

Matlala is in custody and faces charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and money laundering. The charges stem from the 2023 shooting of actress and socialite Tebogo Thobejane on the N1 highway near Sandton. Thobejane, known for her role in Muvhango, was shot in the foot during the incident. A female passenger in the vehicle suffered a severe spinal injury and has since been left paralysed. Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo recently alleged in testimony before the Madlanga Commission that Matlala was a member of a drug cartel called the “Big Five.”

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Simon Majadibodu at IOL News
  • Read too, Registration of Cat Matlala's security firm marred by irregularities, at Cape Times
  • En ook, PSIRA skors agt ná onreëlmatighede met Matlala se CAT Protection, by Maroela Media


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