Matlala struggles to remember details, blames this on being in solitary confinement

Controversial businessman, Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, has told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that he has trouble remembering a lot of things due to spending months in solitary confinement.

Matlala was responding to questions from evidence leader Advocate Norman Arendse about the raid at his Pretoria home by the police, where his firearms and other items were seized.

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However, Matlala struggled to remember certain dates around the raid at his property after being questioned further by Arendse.

Matlala is giving evidence before the parliamentary ad hoc committee looking into police corruption at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria, where he’s currently detained awaiting trial for attempted murder.

He also told the committee that it was former minister, Bheki Cele, who assisted him to get his firearms back from the police, but he couldn’t remember the exact dates.

"The dates I just remembered now when they showed me the documents yesterday. Like I’m saying, a lot of things, I forget them. I’m in solitary confinement, I forget a lot of things," said Matlala.