Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly solicited for R4. 5 million from a service provider of the department of defence and military veterans when she was minister.
Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in court for corruption and money-laundering trial. File picture: Oupa Mokoena / Independent NewspapersFormer National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, on Wednesday made her first appearance before the High Court in Pretoria on corruption and money-laundering charges., with her first appearance scheduled for October 16, for a pretrial conference to pave the way for the trial.
The charges relate to her tenure between 2016 and 2019 when she was minister of defence. Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly solicited R4.5 million from a service provider of the department of defence and military veterans. A summary of facts on which the State will rely on to prove its case, formed part of the indictment. It states that Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu — the State’s star witness — was at the time of the alleged offences, the sole director of Umkhombe Marine Pty Ltd.
The prosecution team stated that charges against Mapisa-Nqakula were 12 counts of corruption under Preca and one of money laundering under Poca for soliciting R4.5 million from the defence contractor - Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu.
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