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Taxi boss Oupa Sindane linked to extortion and leaked police information
Witnesses say Sindane and Sibanyoni demanded R100,000 and 40% of contract income, while leaked police documents raised questions about information sharing.
- On Monday, Oupa Jossiah Sindane failed to appear before the Madlanga Commission despite the Gauteng High Court dismissing his second urgent application to postpone the hearing with a punitive costs order.
- Sindane and Joe Ferrari Sibanyoni face extortion and money laundering charges at the Kwaggafontein Magistrates Court in Mpumalanga, with allegations they demanded 40% of contract income from Ntuli and threatened to halt Tengane Mining operations.
- Evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson told the commission that WhatsApp messages show Sindane threatening to stop operations, while internal Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department documents concerning Cat Security were allegedly leaked to him suspiciously fast.
- Because Sindane did not physically take the stand, the commission formally read incriminating evidence against him into the public record, ensuring the inquiry proceeded despite his absence.
- The inquiry also examines broader organized crime networks, including evidence linking Vusimuzi Cat Matlala to a drug-distribution network and historical taxi industry violence involving the late Jothan Msibi.
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WhatsApp messages lay bare extortion case against taxi bosses, Sibanyoni and Sindane
Mpumalanga taxi bosses Joe Sibanyoni, Bafana Sindane, Mvimbi Masilela, and Philemon Msiza face extortion and money laundering charges after allegedly demanding monthly protection payments from Dr Thomas Ntuli between 2021 and 2025.
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Kwagga 20 extortion network: WhatsApp trail exposed
Advocate Matthew Chaskalson read the chats into the record on September 28, 2026, while Sindane was absent. The messages point to what Chaskalson described as a structured extortion racket. The alleged network overlaps with the Big Five cartel that NOWinSA has been tracking. “The inference that I draw in relation to these payments is that […]
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