{"id":91845,"date":"2025-10-21T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mchunu-dismisses-dining-plans-with-mogotsi-matlala"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:38:49","slug":"mchunu-dismisses-dining-plans-with-mogotsi-matlala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mchunu-dismisses-dining-plans-with-mogotsi-matlala","title":{"rendered":"Mchunu Dismisses Dining Plans with Mogotsi Matlala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has dismissed suggestions that he asked controversial businessmen Brown Mogotsi and Vusimuzi Matlala to arrange a dinner in Cape Town in January.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Mchunu said he wasn\u2019t even in Cape Town on the weekend of the African National Congress (ANC)&#8217;s birthday celebrations, stating he was travelling to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to attend a funeral.<\/p>\n<p>On the third day of testimony before Parliament\u2019s ad hoc committee investigation into political interference and corruption within the police, Mchunu said he\u2019s never had any dealings with either of these men and has never even met Matlala.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence leader Norman Arendse said the ad hoc committee has a witness lined up that will testify that murder-accused Vusimuzi Matlala is funding Senzo Mchunu\u2019s alleged ambitions to become the next president or deputyof the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>But Mchunu responded it was all a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never had any discussion with anyone, Brown Magotsi to be exact, for any dinner, anywhere about any contribution anywhere, and so on,\u201d Mchunu testified.<\/p>\n<p>Mchunu said after participating in the ANC\u2019s birthday week in George, he left Cape Town on the evening of the eighth of January, travelling to Eshowe for a funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deny, with evidence, that I had anything to do with that dinner said to be sponsored by Matlala, nor did I ask him directly or indirectly to organise any dinner,\u201d Mchunu added.<\/p>\n<p>Mchunu has denied claims that he had benefited financially from Matlala and says his detractors have failed to provide proof of what he may have received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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