The special advisor to Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, says the NPA sought to arrest her…
The special advisor to the National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, asserted that if the National Prosecuting Authority had discovered whatLast week, the NPA conducted a raid at Mapisa-Nqakula’s home in Johannesburg in connection to corruption allegations. These allegations accuse her of soliciting a R2.3 million bribe from a defence contractor during her tenure as Minister of Defence.
Following the raid, Mapisa-Nqakula took a leave of absence from her role as Speaker. Mike Ramagoma, her special advisor, accused the NPA of attempting to embarrass the Speaker into resigning. Ramagoma says, “I believe the decision to arrest her was made before the raid. I think the intention was that if they found the things that they were looking for in the raid, they would have arrested her but unfortunately they didn’t find them. They came there, after the raid of course they left a list of items that they were looking for.
Meanwhile, an urgent application by Mapisa-Nqakula has been postponed until 3 p.m. in the High Court in Pretoria. This postponement came after Judge Sulet Potterill mentioned not having received the responding affidavit from the respondents. The Speaker’s legal counsel is expected to reply to the affidavit, after which Judge Potterill will review the papers.Judge Potterill says, “The opposing affidavit hasn’t been filed, I haven’t had sight of it.
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