Mapisa-Nqakula is facing allegations of corruption that she received over R2 million in tender bribes from a contractor to the SANDF
while she was the defence minister
This comes after Mapisa-Nqakula reportedly handed herself over at the Pretoria Central Police Station on Friday.In the 94-page urgent high court application, Mapisa-Nqakula claims the state’s case against her is “non-existent” and the conduct of law enforcement agencies investigating her “ is indicative of an abuse of process”.
“The machinery of the criminal justice system and the State’s prerogative of prosecution was abused and used as a political tool then. I verily fear that this practice has once again reared its ugly head and, if not stopped, carries the real risk of further fraying the Constitutional fabric of our young democracy.”
Earlier this week, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate raided her Johannesburg home.
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