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The man widely accused of being at the heart of police infiltration and capture of law enforcement apparatus in South Africa, <\/span>Vusumuzi \u201cCat\u201d Matlala was this week found with a mobile phone during a raid at the <\/span>Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria.<\/span><\/p>\n On Tuesday night and into the early hours of Wednesday, <\/span>Correctional Services national commissioner, Makgothi Samuel Thobakgale, led an extensive raid and search operation at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria, including its high-security C-Max section.<\/span><\/p>\n The raid on Tuesday and Wednesday was a follow-up to another blitz conducted on Sunday, where officials found Matlala with a mobile phone.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCat Matlala is at C-Max correction facility because of a classification. He is classified as high-risk but also secondly, we continue to do searches, especially these types of searches that we did last night,” Thobakgale told broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Wednesday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOn Sunday morning, we did a surprise search and we found a cellphone in his possession.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n At the time, Matlala was in a section of the vast prison called \u201clocal\u201d which houses medium to low-risk individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe was at medium local,\u201d said Thobakgale.<\/span><\/p>\n The Department of Correctional Services said investigations are underway to ascertain how Matlala managed to have the mobile device in the prison.<\/span><\/p>\n The gadget has since been handed over to the South African Police Service (SAPS).<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen we find objects like cellphones in cases that are high-risk like this one, we hand the object over to the South African Police Service so that is what we have done immediately, on the same day,\u201d said Thobakgale.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAfter uncovering the device, we contacted SAPS and they came and collected it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n has reported that it has since emerged that former police minister, Bheki Cele, is now implicated in the police corruption scandal involving Matlala.<\/p>\n Cele stayed in a luxury penthouse suite owned by controversial businessman Matlala just days before Matlala\u2019s company was awarded a R360 million SAPS health services tender. The stay took place in January at The Capital Menlyn Maine, a swanky hotel in Pretoria East.<\/p>\n The penthouse is one of the city\u2019s most exclusive accommodations, complete with private lift access, round-the-clock concierge service, and sweeping skyline views. Matlala personally arranged the stay, and Cele was confirmed as the guest.<\/p>\n jonisayi.maromo@iol.co.za<\/strong><\/p>\n News<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The man widely accused of being at the heart of police infiltration and capture of law enforcement apparatus in South Africa, Vusumuzi \u201cCat\u201d Matlala was this week found with a mobile phone during a raid at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria. On Tuesday night and into the early hours of Wednesday, Correctional Services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3003,7209,18822,2300,3964,2820,1983,18821],"class_list":["post-245392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-politics","tag-cat","tag-kgosi","tag-mampuru","tag-matlala","tag-mobile","tag-phone","tag-prison","tag-vusimuzi"],"yoast_head":"\n