Overview

• The Alexandra Magistrate’s Court postponed proceedings to 11 November to add two Pretoria dockets and prepare a transfer to the Johannesburg High Court.
• The NPA confirmed Matlala will seek leave to appeal his September bail denial and said it will oppose the application after receiving a notice of motion.
• Prosecutors are pursuing the centralisation of seven related dockets spanning Orlando, Sandton, Pretoria and Vereeniging, subject to NDPP approval to join the matters.
• Matlala and his co‑accused face charges including attempted murder, conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice in the alleged 2023 hit on actress Tebogo Thobejane.
• Investigators say firearms seized in April 2024 are forensically linked to at least 18 crime scenes, and testimony to the Madlanga Commission has tied Matlala to an alleged ‘Big Five’ cartel.