THE ANC’s parliamentary caucus has nominated Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to be the next Speaker of Parliament during a meeting on Tuesday morning.
Mapisa-Nqakula was fired as defence minister last week after the government was tardy in responding to violent riots that claimed more than 300 lives and razed thousands of businesses.
This after President Cyril Ramaphosa made changes to his cabinet last week, announcing former Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise as the new Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.
Modise served as Speaker of the National Assembly since 2019.
Parliament is currently busy with an investigation into the unrest.
Until last week, Mapisa Nqakula had served as a Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from June 2012 to August 2021.
Previously, she was Minister of Home Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and Minister of Correctional Services from 2009 to 2012 as well as serving as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs from 6
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