VIP protector places Mapisa-Nqakula at airport hotel on day of alleged R300k ‘wig’ payment
Former Department of Defence VIP protection officer Thabiso Mathinya on Friday placed corruption-accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at OR Tambo International Airport’s InterContinental Hotel on the day military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu alleges she handed over R300 000 in cash concealed beneath a luxury wig.
Witness in Mapisa-Nqakula trial says message warned her to ‘watch out’ before testimony
Moira Granny Seape, a witness in former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial, told the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday that she received a message warning her not to testify and suggesting she should stay away from the proceedings.
Mapisa-Nqakula defence tears into witness over alleged R2m demand
Advocate Siyabulela Mapoma, SC, continued his cross-examination of the State’s key witness in former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial and turned his attention to an alleged R2-million demand and a subsequent US$10 000 payment as he attempted to cast doubt on the reliability of her evidence.
State’s star witness grilled over ‘missing details’ in Mapisa-Nqakula corruption trial
The State’s star witness in Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial was put through a gruelling cross-examination on Wednesday, as the former defence minister’s legal team honed in on what they maintained were inconsistencies in her evidence.
Mapisa-Nqakula trial: Defence leans on Holomisa letter to challenge key witness
Corruption-accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s legal team on Tuesday turned to a letter authored by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Bantu Holomisa in an attempt to expose what it argued were inconsistencies in the evidence of the State’s key witness in her graft trial, military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu.
Corruption-accused Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly demanded R300k ‘wig’ payment
Corruption-accused former defence minister and National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly demanded a R300 000 kickback disguised as a “wig”, which military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu testified she concealed beneath an actual luxury wig before handing it over at OR Tambo International Airport.
Mapisa-Nqakula confirmed cash requests were genuine, court hears in her corruption case
Former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly confirmed to businesswoman Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu during a meeting at Johannesburg’s InterContinental Hotel that requests for money made in her name were genuine, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Thursday.
State witness recounts alleged R300 000 request in Mapisa-Nqakula corruption trial
Former defence minister and ex-National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial has heard how former military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu allegedly received a request for R300 000 that she was told was intended to assist the senior ANC politician with a personal matter.
Tshwane official allegedly demands R12k bribe to erase R73k electricity penalty
A Rooihuiskraal woman has accused a City of Tshwane official of demanding R12 000 to have an R73 000 electricity tampering penalty erased and her power reconnected, an allegation backed by an audio recording obtained by News24.
Tembisa Hospital tycoon Maumela’s luxury cars, mansions, boats worth R325m forfeited to State
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a final forfeiture order allowing the State to permanently seize luxury assets worth hundreds of millions of rands linked to alleged Tembisa Hospital tender kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela.