ActionSA Slams Mapisa-Nqakula’s Bid for Defense Dept. Funding Amid Corruption Charges

ActionSA says it strongly objects to former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s attempts to have the Department of Defence and Military Veterans bear the costs of her upcoming corruption trial. She faces 12 charges of corruption and money laundering related to tenders at the Defence Department. ActionSA’s, Mohammed Rafeek Shah, says Mapisa-Nqakula’s claim that since the alleged crime was committed during her tenure as the minister of Defence, in some way entitles her to receive funding, is simply ridiculous: