The Investigating Directorate decided to prosecute Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on ‘special leave’ as speaker of the National Assembly, but her interdict and discovery application was a ‘surprise’, according to court papers before the Pretoria High Court where the matter is set to be heard on Monday afternoon.
Mapisa-Nqakula graft prosecution — ID ‘surprised’ by speaker’s urgent interdict, discovery application
By 10 March, the decision was taken to prosecute Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the former defence minister turned National Assembly speaker now on special leave, over claims she solicited bribes from a defence contractor between 2017 and 2019 while she was defence minister. In his affidavit Manyathi expressed “surprise” at Mapisa-Nqakula’s interdict and discovery application because engagements about her handing herself over were still ongoing and she’d been assured bail would not be opposed – and dismissed the need for urgency.
Manyathi’s affidavit on Monday denied irregularities and that the ID had undermined Mapisa-Nqakula’s dignity and good reputation. “he is complicating what would otherwise have been a simple, seamless process of meeting her at the police station, charging her, taking her to court in her own or her attorney’s motor vehicle, appear in court immediately and be granted bail unopposed.”
“Given the seriousness of the allegations and the attendant extensive media speculation, I have decided to take special leave from my position as speaker of the National Assembly, effective immediately… This decision by myself is meant to protect the integrity of Parliament and ensure its sacred duty and its name continue unblemished,”At Parliament this week the political drama plays out – or is stopped by interpretation of rules as the clock runs down to Thursday when the National Assembly...
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