NPA confident with case after Matlala plea deal collapses [SOUND]

# The National Prosecuting Authority can no longer use controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s statement as evidence after he rejected a 12-year prison sentence deal proposed by the Pretoria Specialised Crimes Court. The court declared his plea agreement in the 288-million-rand SAPS-Medicare24 tender fraud case null and void after previously rejecting the state’s proposed eight-year sentence. NPA spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago expressed confidence in their case as Matlala will now stand trial: