NPA will have to battle their way through another Stalingrad style legal defence before they get close to a guilty verdict writes Mandy Wiener.
eja VuThe Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is facing criminal charges for allegedly receiving cash and gifts in exchange for her influence on defence tenders and her lawyers have brought an urgent application to prevent her arrest.
There was testimony from Glenn Agliotti about shopping sprees in Sandton that included Gucci handbags, Aigner jackets, Hugo Boss knitwear, Fubu clothing for Selebi’s kids and even black leather size 7 soft leather shoes as a gift for former President Thabo Mbeki. Prosecutors are arguing that the Speaker received 11 payments from a defence contractor while she was the Minister of Defence and that she got R2.5 million in cash in gift bags. Businesswoman Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu claims these were handed over at various venues including the Nqakula’s home in Bruma and at an air show. The two allegedly developed various code words for the money, calling it “wigs”, “impepho” , “imithi” and “snuff”. Mapisa-Nqakula has denied the allegations.
When the Scorpions were on the brink of arresting Selebi, then National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended by Mbeki, ostensibly to prevent Selebi from being taken to court. Selebi was ultimately convicted of accepting bribes worth R166‚000 from Agliotti in exchange for showing him top-secret police reports. Selebi was sentenced to 15 years which was later converted to medical parole.Speaking during the ANC’s election campaign rally in Gqeberha on Saturday, he was asked to comment on the case and said that the “process must unfold” and that the law enforcement officials should be “given space” to investigate.
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