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Cat Matlala Tells Madlanga Commission How Shadrack Sibiya Allegedly Sent Serge Cabonge to Collect Him and Take Him to Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts to Secure Government Buildings for Medicare24 Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has named former Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Bernice Swarts during his testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry on Monday, 9 November 2026, linking her to an alleged meeting arranged by suspended former SAPS Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Matlala told the commission that Serge Cabonge, who is allegedly linked to Sibiya, fetched him from Café 41 in Eastwood and took him to a ministerial residence, where he met Sibiya and a Deputy Minister of Public Works whom he referred to as “Berry”. The allegations relate to events in 2023, when Swarts served as Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. In an earlier leaked draft affidavit, Matlala alleged that Sibiya arranged the meeting after he had spent approximately two years trying to secure a hospital lease at the SAPS Tshwane campus. He claimed Swarts promised assistance with the lease and additional government buildings for his Medicare24 business interests. Matlala further alleged that payments of R80,000 for alcohol for a traditional ceremony and another R200,000 were channelled through Sibiya in connection with the lease, which was signed in mid-December 2023. Swarts has denied ever meeting Matlala. The allegations remain untested in court and originate from an unsigned draft affidavit prepared during a failed IDAC plea agreement process.