Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Despite Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula claiming no knowledge of her expected arrest on corruption and money laundering charges involving roughly R4 million, her lawyer Stephen May said his client would hand herself over to the police.
However, her attorney Stephen May told the Mail & Guardian earlier that the former speaker would hand herself over to the police “in due course”, but was also aware that the state had a “flimsy” case against her. “It would certainly appear that is flimsy at best, and now what it seems or looks like might be an opportunistic time ,” he added.on Thursday that Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to be charged with corruption and money laundering for allegedly receiving bribes totalling more than R4 million from a former South African National Defence Force contractor.
“My lawyers have, however, proactively informed the National Prosecution Authority of my readiness to comply and cooperate should the need arise,” Mapisa-Nqakula stated.