Overview
- Testifying for a second day in Pretoria, Brigadier Rachel Matjeng said she never had a Brazilian butt lift and rejected claims that Matlala financed cosmetic surgery for her.
- Messages shown to the commission recorded Matlala offering to secure Ozempic for about R4,500, noting he had just given a dose to someone named Leandre.
- Matjeng said she provided a prescription and that Matlala’s company, Medicare24 Tshwane, could access the drug when pharmacies struggled to supply it.
- Commissioners asked her to produce prescription records and queried her repeated references to BBLs, which she said were responses to social media accusations.
- Separately, she addressed a R360 million SAPS contract awarded to Medicare24 in 2024 and terminated in 2025 after R48 million was paid, detailing her efforts to curb non‑arrival claims while denying that payments she received from Matlala were tied to the tender.