'Gifts' from a lover and 'botched' cocaine raids: Police inquiry grips South Africa

The contract was cancelled a year later and since then a dozen senior police officers, including Matjeng, have been formally charged over their role in awarding the contract. None of them have yet been asked to plead in court.In her testimony to the commission, Matjeng denied receiving kickbacks from Matlala - and instead alleged that the pair were in an on-off romantic relationship that lasted until his arrest last year and that he had lavished her with gifts.One of these presents were shots of the weight-loss drug Ozempic, which she had asked her "boyfriend" to source for her.Matjeng said she had not been bribed with a Brazilian butt lift (BBL), as had been alleged online, telling the commission: "So, for me, from my boyfriend [Matlala], I only ask for Ozempic, unlike those that ask for BBL (sic)".Matlala himself has yet to appear before the commission.He was named in testimony last year from the police crime intelligence boss as one of the main figures in an alleged drug-trafficking and crime cartel, known as the Big Five, that allegedly also carried out contract killings, cross-border hijackings and kidnappings.Matlala is currently in custody facing 25 criminal charges, among them attempted murder. He has denied all the charges against him.It is believed that he will make a much-anticipated appearance - to respond to allegations made against him - during the final leg of the commission's hearings.