Johnathan Paoli
THE Pretoria Magistrates Court has postponed former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption case to 9 July as the prosecution has decided not to pursue a second accused as there was insufficient evidence, the NPA said.
Mapisa-Nqakula was in court on Tuesday facing multiple charges of corruption.
Speaking to the media, the Investigating Directorate (ID) of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Mapisa-Nqakula remained the only accused in the state’s case at this stage.
ID Spokesperson Henry Mamothame said the current evidence before them was not sufficient to pursue any other individual except Mapisa-Nqakula.
“We had to engage the evidence before us. Remember it was only one charge of money laundering. After further engagement between our investigators and our prosecution team, the ID decided not to pursue the second accused,” Mamothame said.
The ID insisted, however, that it did possess sufficient evidence to prosecute Mapisa-Nqakula and according to
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