Mike van Wyk – CEO, Medicare24

CEO Medicare24 — alleged ‘moneyman’ for Cat Matlala in R360m police tender scandal

Institutional Layer

Medicare24 (private medical services); private security interests; alleged intermediary to SAPS / EMPD procurement

Record Source

Madlanga Commission of Inquiry public hearings; eNCA exclusive interview (March 2026); contemporaneous reporting in News24, Daily Maverick, EWN and SABC News (2025–2026)

Integrity Status

contested — van Wyk admits to recorded conduct but disputes characterisation; positions himself as a whistleblower while implicated by other commission evidence

Network Role

alleged ‘moneyman’ / fixer for Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala; alleged facilitator between Matlala and senior police officers; advisor on EMPD Memorandum of Understanding structuring

Correlation Links

linked to Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala; suspended EMPD Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi (see MADLANGA/EMPD-DC-001); R360m SAPS tender investigation; EMPD MOU partnerships under review

Theme

The CEO of Medicare24 — referred to in some commission contexts as ‘Mr. Fanve’ — sits at the intersection of a R360-million police tender scandal: admitting work performed (though not formally contracted) for the EMPD, conceding on camera that recorded exchanges with suspended EMPD Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi were ‘stupid’, and simultaneously seeking to recast himself as a whistleblower before the Madlanga Commission. The field records the admissions, the alleged fixer role for Cat Matlala, and the contested self-portrait — without verdict.

Archival Testimony

“It was stupid. I was not thinking when I made those recordings.”

— Mike van Wyk

eNCA exclusive interview, March 2026 — responding to video evidence showing him with a stack of money in conversation with Julius Mkhwanazi

Evidence

Madlanga Commission exhibits and oral testimony; video evidence of van Wyk with cash in conversation with Julius Mkhwanazi; eNCA interview footage (March 2026); EMPD MOU drafts referenced in commission record

Timeline

2024–2025 — alleged facilitation of relationships between Cat Matlala and senior SAPS / EMPD officials; advice on EMPD MOU structuring. March 2026 — eNCA exclusive: admits recorded conduct was ‘stupid’, positions self as whistleblower. 2026 — implicated in Madlanga Commission evidence on R360m SAPS tender and EMPD procurement.

Status

active — Madlanga Commission hearings ongoing; SAPS / Hawks investigation into R360m tender continues; EMPD MOU partnerships under review

Outcome

unresolved — no findings or charges against van Wyk at time of cataloguing; related criminal matter against Julius Mkhwanazi proceeding separately (see MADLANGA/EMPD-DC-001)

Sources

• eNCA — Mike van Wyk admits recorded conduct was ‘stupid’
• News24 — Madlanga Commission: R360m SAPS tender scandal

Archive Notes

Catalogued on the IMPIMPI side as a private-sector intermediary whose conduct is itself the subject of public inquiry — the field records the admissions, the alleged fixer role and the contested whistleblower self-portrait, not a moral verdict. Allegations on file: (1) acting as ‘moneyman’ / fixer for Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala in securing police contracts; (2) facilitating relationships between Matlala and high-ranking SAPS / EMPD officers; (3) video-recorded exchange with suspended EMPD Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi involving a stack of cash; (4) advising on the structuring of EMPD Memorandums of Understanding; (5) doing — though not formally contracting — work for the EMPD via Medicare24. Audio reading autoplays on entry to this page.