Cash, codes and a wig: Mapisa-Nqakula finally faces her corruption trial
Daily Maverick | 23.07.2026 05:05
More than two years after handing herself over to law enforcement authorities, former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula finally appeared in the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, 22 July 2026. She faces 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering arising from her tenure as defence minister between 2016 and 2019.