 Controversial businessman Niko Matlala arrested by Hawks Controversial businessman Niko Matlala will be spending the next seven days behind bars until his bail hearing. This comes after the Northwest Hawks' serious commercial crime unit arrested him on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the Matlasana municipality. The 41-year-old briefly appeared in the clerk's Dorp magistrate's court yesterday for fraud. Hawks spokesman Captain Trangelani Rick Hotso said, In July 2016, over R4 million meant to be paid to service providers was paid into several accounts. One of them belonged to Matlala, who allegedly received R1,8 million while not having rendered any services. Matlala is known for having dated several celebrities, including Winnie Encheba, Pelsa Makhiminyanumat Dysakwain, and Kibitzwe Kb Mosulanyanu. He recently appeared on the TV show No Excuses, Pay Pap Geld for allegedly not maintaining one of his kids. In April, he was accused of stealing items worth R420000 by Serge Kabong, who calls himself the International Blesser. According to Serge, he saw Matlala making off with a pair of Jordan sneakers. His fraud case was postponed to Wednesday for a bail application.