Johnathan Paoli
National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has vehemently denied allegations of corruption and bribery to the value of R2 million levelled against her, which surfaced in weekend newspaper reports.
The corruption allegations stem from the seven-year perio when Mapisa-Nqakula was the Minister of Defence. She was redeployed to Parliament after the July 2021 Riots.
In 2020 a South African National Defence Force contractor charged with corruption turned whistleblower and fingered Mapisa-Nqakula in acts of corruption and bribery in exchange for a lighter sentence.
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa also put the allegations and complaints before members of Parliament in 2021 but the Minister was never fully investigated due to what they said was lack of evidence.
Mike Ramagoma, the legal advisor to Mapisa-Nqakula who is now Speaker of Parliament said she had only learnt of the allegations through the Sunday press and that he found it highly objectionable that details
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