South Africa: Will Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula be charged over bribery claims?

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South Africa: Will Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula be charged over bribery claims?
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National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is alleged to have solicited 12 cash bribes from a contractor totalling R4.55m ($240,426) as well as a wig, while investigators also appear to be looking for a bearskin and a handbag.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is alleged to have solicited 12 cash bribes from a contractor totalling R4.55m as well as a wig, while investigators also appear to be looking for a bearskin and a handbag.

A court is expected to rule soon whether prosecutors can proceed and charge the National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, for corruption. The National Prosecuting Authority detailed investigations of how, as minister of defence, she demanded bribes from a military contractor between December 2016 and July 2019 — on WhatsApp.

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