Matlala’s lawyer bashes NPA for leaking witness statement from botched plea deal to Madlanga
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Advocate Annelene van den Heever has accused the NPA of violating rules by providing the Madlanga Commission with an unsigned statement from Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala’s collapsed plea deal, but the commission dismissed efforts to block the evidence.
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same ongoing dispute over Matlala's collapsed plea deal and the statement shared with the Madlanga Commission, and nothing they state conflicts.
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