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Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal

Paramilitary activity in KwaZulu-Natal and a cop secretly working with American intelligence. These claims fit into an expanding law-enforcement scandal that’s obliterating careers and exposing how fractured South Africa’s crime-fighting system has become. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, Senzo Mchunu, Brown Mogotsi (Illustrative image: Daily Maverick) Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, Senzo Mchunu, Brown Mogotsi (Illustrative image: Daily Maverick)
Caryn Dolley
By Caryn Dolley
15 Dec 2025
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Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

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