The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), the permanent NPA anti-corruption unit, is prosecuting a R360 million South African Police Service health-services tender awarded in 2024 to Medicare24. The lead accused is businessman Katiso "Cat" Matlala, alongside 15 others.
On 21 April 2026 the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, was added to the matter as a co-accused on four counts under the Public Finance Management Act. Two days later, on 23 April 2026, he was suspended pending the proceedings. Matlala appeared in court on 13 May 2026.
The case sits at the intersection of police procurement and the wider "police-infiltration" scandal examined by Parliament in 2026. All charges remain untested in court; every accused is presumed innocent unless and until convicted.