Exhibit · Drugs & contraband
The 'Prestige' cocaine bricks
The crown-stamped 'Prestige' kilogram bricks in the video forwarded to Mike van Wyk - forensically matched to cocaine.
Illustration, not evidenceWhat it is
A kilogram block stamped with a crown and the word 'Prestige', matching the five bricks shown being weighed in a video that Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala forwarded to Medicare24 CEO Michael van Wyk on 6 April 2025. A SAPS forensic-science note told the commission that blocks bearing the same crown-and-'Prestige' imprint, received in a separate case, had tested positive for cocaine.
Why it matters
The branded brick is the object the evidence leaders relied on to argue that an exchange between Matlala and van Wyk - 'get me a good price', answered by a voice note saying 'we'll go in at 250' - was an alleged cocaine deal. Van Wyk denies ever receiving the video. The allegation is untested and he is presumed innocent.
In the record
Where this object appears
Sources
Where this comes from
- News24: 'Get me a good price': Madlanga uncovers alleged Matlala-Van Wyk cocaine deal
- EWN: Matlala allegedly sent video showing cocaine being weighed to Medicare24 CEO
- TimesLIVE: Cocaine bricks, cash transactions: Matlala's WhatsApp chats with Medicare24's CEO
Illustration, not a photograph of real evidence. Generated to depict an object described in the commission record.