By BAKANG MOKOTO
A corruption and money laundering case against the former Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has been postponed to 16 October 2014, by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court for pre-trial conference at the Pretoria High Court. The Investigating Directorate (ID) spokesperson, Henry Mamothame said the state has served Nqakula with an indictment in order to prepare for the high court proceedings.
Mamothame further said Nqakula is facing 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering. He added that these charges relate to her tenure between 2016 and 2019 when she was the Minister of Defence, wherein she allegedly received and solicited approximately R4,5 million from a service provider to the department, of which R2,1million was received in cash.
“She is currently out on R50 000 bail and is expected to appear at the Pretoria High Court in October,” said Mamothame.
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