Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Businesswoman, Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, has told the Pretoria High Court that former National Assembly Speaker and Defense Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, used coded language rooted in traditional practice when allegedly requesting money from her. Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, the State's key witness in Mapisa-Nqakula's corruption trial, testified that terms such as "a dream," "mpepho" and snuff were understood within their traditional practice community to be requests for cash. Mapisa-Nqakula is accused of soliciting at least […]