First raid crit: Mapisa-Nqakula deserves 'benefit of the doubt' amid Hawks probe - ANC chief whip
The ANC says it is premature to comment on the Hawks raid of parliamentary Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's home.
Under-fire National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, whose private home was raided as part of a R2.3 million corruption investigation, should be given the"benefit of the doubt"."We have seen that there was a raid at the honourable Speaker's house this morning . The Hawks are an agency that is separate from us as Parliament; let's allow the due process to unfold.
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