Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is set to return to the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for her corruption case on Monday, 20 January.
Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 charges of corruption and one for money laundering. She allegedly received R4.5 million in kickbacks from a contractor during her tenure as Defence Minister. This was between 2016 and 2019.
NOSIVIWE MAPISA-NQAKULA RETURNS TO COURT
Mapisa-Nqakula’s legal representatives are expected to file an application to try to force the disclosure of parts of the prosecution docket the State says are confidential.
As previously reported, The South African, an affidavit filed by the owner of Umkhombe Marine Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu Mapisa-Nqakula, received cash bribes delivered in gift bags from the company. This was between 2016 and 2019.
In turn, Umkhombe Marine was awarded tenders worth over R200 million for freight and logistics to the SANDF.
The contractor alleged that the Speaker demanded bribes amounting to approximately R5 million over two years.
“Cash payments ranging from R100 000 to R500 000 from 16th to 25th February, 13 March, 18 May 2018 and between 22 May, 5 and July 2018 while travelling to Ghana are some dates and amounts the minister extorted from our client,” she said in a statement.
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