JUST IN | Mapisa-Nqakula launches urgent bid to block her arrest, demands evidence against her
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has reportedly been implicated in bribery allegations involving more than R2.3 million, which date back to her time as the defence minister.
Hours after announcing that she was taking special leave, National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula launched an urgent bid to interdict law enforcement authorities from arresting her on corruption charges – and claims there is"no case"” against her. Mapisa-Nqakula also wants law enforcement officials to be ordered"to arrange a date" with her attorneys for her to be summonsed to appear in the magistrate's court that has the appropriate jurisdiction to deal with her initial court appearance.
In 2021, these corruption claims came before Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence when United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa asked for an investigation. However, legislators dropped the probe in September that year due to non-cooperation from the whistleblower. According to Mapisa-Nqakula, she was not given access to the supporting affidavit used to justify the search and seizure warrant – on the basis that it listed the items that the police were looking for. She claims investigators subsequently entered her home without her consent.
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