2025 in Review | The Cat Matlala court saga — a year of bail battles and High Court drama
One of South Africa’s most closely watched legal sagas centred on Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala, the controversial businessman accused of orchestrating an attempted hit on his former girlfriend, media personality Tebogo Thobejane. Marked by tense bail hearings, strategic legal manoeuvres and significant prosecutorial moves, the case kept the country watching as it moved steadily through the courts. Below is a chronological look at how the Matlala saga unfolded over the year. […]