Mkhwanazi Clarifies Phone Number Mix-Up in Cele Payment Allegations

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has confirmed that businessman Vusimusi Matlala did not send money to former Police Minister Bheki Cele, but instead to a third party. Mkhwanazi told Parliament’s ad hoc committee that the earlier claim arose from a data analysis error involving similar phone numbers, which caused confusion. Both investigators and Matlala mistakenly linked the payments to the wrong number. The statement has since been withdrawn and corrected. […]