Speaker says she’s ready to hand herself over to police

Speaker says she’s ready to hand herself over to police

The speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, says she is ready to hand herself over to police from tomorrow. 

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The High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday dismissed her urgent application against her arrest. 

ALSO READ: Court dismisses Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to block her arrest


She is accused of corruption relating to millions of rand she allegedly received from a company with Defence Force contracts when she was Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. 


Judge Sulet Potterill said Mapisa-Nqakula had been given ample time to present herself to police, but failed to do so for two weeks.


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