'Cat' Matlala could serve an effective eight years behind bars under a plea deal struck on Thursday. In this agreement, he pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption and money laundering and agreed to testify against senior police officers.

Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala will face a separate trial from 12 SAPS officers in the R360 million Medicare24 tender case.

Security company boss and alleged underworld figure Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala is making admissions as part of a plea deal with the state in the Pretoria commercial crimes court

The father of nine pleaded guilty on Thursday

But DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach warns the proposed plea deal could end up as another Angelo Agrizzi impasse