2024-04-05 18:02:41
The president of the South African parliament, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, was arrested this Thursday, after addressing the police as part of a corruption investigation into facts dating back to the time when she was Minister of Defense.
“She must be presented to a court in Pretoria” during the day, Henry Mamothame, spokesman for the South African Public Prosecutor’s Office, told Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming the arrest.
The president of the South African Parliament resigned from her position on Wednesday, following accusations of public corruption involving more than 2.3 million rand (112 thousand euros) in alleged bribes in African National Defense Force contracts. do Sul (SANDF, its acronym in English) when she served as Minister of Defense, between 2012 and 2021, according to the local press.
The dismissal came after, on Tuesday, the Gauteng High Court, in the South African capital, Pretoria, rejected an urgent appeal by the leader of Parliament, to prevent her arrest.
2024-04-05 18:02:41