Defence Minister Thandi Modise has been angered by officials who have set the ball rolling without consulting her first.
JOHANNESBURG - Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula wants the Department of Defence to provide her with legal representation for her upcoming corruption trial.Mapisa-Nqakula was officially charged with 12 counts of corruption and money laundering earlier this month for allegedly receiving kickbacks related to tenders awarded by the department during her tenure as the Defence Minister.
It emerged that Mapisa-Nqakula sent a request for legal representation to the head of legal services in the SANDF Major General Eric Mnisi. Mnisi appears to have gone ahead in agreeing to the request without consulting the minister or the secretary of defence - Thobekile Gamede - who is the department’s accounting officer.She swapped roles with her predecessor Thandi Modise in August 2021."General Mnisi’s handling of the matter without following existing protocols is tantamount to disrespect of executive authority in the Department of Defence.
Modise says she will be the one to consider Mapisa-Nqakula’s request taking the law and public finances into consideration.
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