EP 26: Thobakgale: Two Teams. One Phone. What Happened in Cat Matlala’s Cell? Two teams. One phone. And a question: how did another team get there first? EPISODE OUT SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER ON YOUTUBE AT 18:00!! On Unpopular Opinion, Makgothi Thobakgale tells Mzilikazi wa Afrika that he instructed officials to raid Cat Matlala’s cell—but says the team he sent intercepted another team already leaving with a cellphone taken from the cell. According to Thobakgale, his team searched the departing officials, recovered the phone and then proceeded to Matlala’s cell, where Matlala questioned why he was being searched again. Thobakgale says the sequence raised suspicions that information about the planned raid had been passed on. He says both the team intercepted with the phone and the team he assembled were being looked into. Who authorised the first search? How did that team arrive ahead of the instructed raid? And what safeguards should ensure that a seized phone is properly recorded and accounted for? Watch the exchange and join the debate: does this account suggest a coordination failure, a suspected information leak—or questions that only a full investigation can resolve? Guest: Makgothi Thobakgale Host: Mzilikazi wa Afrika Camera: Trevor Zondi Editor: Richard Fauconier Executive Producer: Mzilikazi wa Afrika and Mpho Lengane #UnpopularOpinion #MzilikaziWaAfrika #MakgothiThobakgale #SouthAfricanPodcast #SAPodcasts #SouthAfricanPolitics #SAPolitics #OrganisedCrime #CoalitionPolitics #LocalGovernment #MunicipalCorruption #PoliticalAccountability #Democracy #CorrectionalServices #PrisonOversight #PrisonMisconduct #PrisonCorruption #PrisonAccountability #PrisonReform #ProfessionalEthics #PrisonRelationships #Accountability #CriminalJustice #Mashonisa #PrisonMisconduct #PrisonAccountability #CatMatlala #MadlangaCommission #PrisonRaid #PrisonSecurity #ThaboBester #PrisonEscape #Mangaung #PublicSafety #InvestigativeJournalism #MediaAccountability #InfrastructureTenders #FreeState #PoliticalAccountability #PrisonContraband #Cybercrime #DigitalCrime #BankFraud #LuxuryCarFraud #FraudPrevention #KgosiMampuru #SouthAfrica #CriminalJustice #Accountability - @up_theunpopularopinion