Overview

• The Alexandra Magistrate’s Court set 11 November as the new date to add two Pretoria dockets and finalize administrative steps to move the matter to the Johannesburg High Court.
• The NPA confirmed Matlala has served notice to seek leave to appeal his September bail refusal, and the state will oppose the application with a hearing date still to be set.
• Matlala, his wife Tsakani, alleged gunmen Musa Kekana and Tiego Floyd Mabusela, and Nthabiseng Nzama face charges including attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, fraud, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice.
• Bail status remains unchanged: Tsakani and Nzama are on R20,000 and R10,000 bail, while Kekana, Mabusela and Matlala are in custody after the first two abandoned bail bids and Matlala was denied bail.
• Prosecutors allege more than R120,000 was laundered to fund the plot, and they are pursuing broader docket centralisation linked to other investigations that include reported firearms ties to multiple crime scenes.