Johnathan Paoli
The North Gauteng High court has reserved judgement on an urgent application by Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for an order that she can appear in the dock on a summons as opposed to being arrested over allegations of soliciting bribes from a defense contractor during her tenure as Minister of Defence.
The High court on Monday initially postponed the hearing to the late afternoon after Judge Sulet Potterill mentioned not having received the responding affidavit from the respondents; and then reserved judgement until next week Tuesday.
Last week, the NPA conducted a raid at the former National Assembly Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula’s home in Johannesburg in connection to corruption allegations of her receiving R2.3 million in bribes from a defense contractor during her ministerial tenure.
Following the raid, Mapisa-Nqakula took a leave of absence from her role as Speaker of the National Assembly.
In her application on Friday, Mapisa-Nqakula claimed irregularities in
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