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Businessman Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala in court.
Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is expected to appear before the High Court in Johannesburg to appeal the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court decision to deny him bail.
In September, Matlala unsuccessfully applied for bail, with the lower court ruling he is a flight risk and a danger to society.
Matlala is accused of orchestrating the failed assassination of his former partner Tebogo Thobejane in October 2023.
Matlala believes that the Alexandra Magistrates Court erred in its decision to deny him bail. In September the director of four companies told the court that staying in prison will affect his businesses which pay monthly salaries of just under R2 million.
He denied being the mastermind behind the attempted murder of Tebogo Thobejane, maintaining that the state’s case against him is weak.
However, Magistrate Syta Prinsloo maintained that Matlala failed to prove exceptional circumstances to justify his release on bail.
