In a statement shortly before the session, Parliament confirmed the raid at Mapisa-Nqakula’s home. “The Speaker steadfastly upholds her strong conviction of innocence and reaffirms that she ...

Officers were at Mapisa-Nqakula's home until mid-morning. She is accused of soliciting a R2.3-million bribe from a military contractor, during her tenure as Defence Minister.

Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly used the bribes, among other things, to fund her family's travel expenses, hire a night nurse for her dying father and make alterations to her Johannesburg home; she allegedly ...

Picture: Phill Magakoe / AFP Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption case has been ... as the speaker shortly after her home was raided by law enforcement.

Former speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will have to wait two months for her application to have State documents disclosed in her corruption and money laundering case. The matter was ...

In March, members of an investigation team appointed by the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) conducted a raid on Mapisa-Nqakula's home, an affluent property in an eastern suburb of Johannesburg.

Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly used the bribes to, among other things, fund her family’s travel expenses, hire a night nurse for her dying father and make alterations to her Johannesburg home.

The defence’s heads of argument said the State is withholding critical information that could exonerate Mapisa-Nqakula. The defence also raised issues with the evidence-gathering process and ...

The spokesperson for the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC), Henry Mamothame, said the State decided against opposing Mapisa-Nqakula's requests. "[The] IDAC decided to follow ...

PRETORIA - The case against former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's court case has been postponed to March. This is to allow for Mapisa-Nqakula's defence team and the state time ...

Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering. The charges stem from allegations that she was paid millions of rands in cash bribes by a South African National ...

Ms Mapisa-Nqakula's salary will be put into a fund to help fight coronavirus South Africa's president has docked three months of the defence minister's pay after she allowed governing party ...