The Doubtful Defence of Morgan Maumela in the Tembisa Hospital Saga Joburg – Accused secret meetings between Police Minister Bheki Cele and businessman Cat Matlala have dragged former acting CEO of Tembisa Hospital, Morgan Maumela, into the drama, and her answer is not very convincing. Claiming it was only so he could watch a football match on March 18, Maumela confessed that he had arranged for Matlala to stay in an apartment in Durban.
“Cat couldn’t find a hotel, and the Orlando Pirates were playing,” he remarked. However, Maumela’s story started to fall apart when she was questioned by a journalist. Two days prior, the Pirates had really competed, but in Johannesburg, not Durban.
Subsequently, he revised his account to imply that it could have been Kaizer Chiefs. However, just two days prior to the day in issue, Chiefs had played Richards Bay in Umlazi, according to records. Maumela denied having any records when pressed for verification. Meanwhile, Cele insists she never met Matlala at any Durban hotel. His only admission was that they had met “in a house somewhere,” but he gave no other information about their meeting.
Even more intrigue surrounds Cele’s dealings with Matlala, a man already associated with shady transactions, as these discoveries cast doubt on their true nature. The ongoing saga around Maumela has already raised questions in political and healthcare circles, and her contradicting claims just add fuel to the fire. What did Cele and Matlala talk about, and why was everything kept under wraps?