The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has revealed ties between Medicare24 and Vhazwimi Security Services. Pictured are Madlanga commissioners Advocate Sesi Baloyi SC, Chairperson, retired Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga, and Advocate Sandile Khumalo SC.
Vhazwimi Security & Protection Services boss, Steven Motsumi, was set to benefit from the cars registered by Medicare24 as part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) fleet, according to evidence heard at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.
This was revealed recently when evidence was presented against Mike van Wyk, the CEO of Medicare24 Holdings, at the Madlanga Commission. The evidence was led in Van Wyk’s absence after his lawyer, Sandy du Plessis, said her client had been hospitalised following panic attacks and a psychiatric consultation.
The Commission’s Evidence leader, Advocate Matthew Chaskalson SC, read WhatsApp texts and letters exchanged between tenderpreneur Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, Van Wyk, and Motsumi, involving a letter authorising Motsumi’s company to use the fleet of Medicare24 Tshwane District.
Chaskalson, in his submission before the Commission, said that Van Wyk and Matlala were able to acquire some form of appointment that would reflect their status as having some kind of law enforcement, and with that, blue lights for vehicles.
