DA, EFF call for removal of Mapisa-Nqakula amid corruption allegations

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Cape Town — Opposition parties are calling for National Assembly (NA) speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, to resign amid the corruption allegations around her.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF) both felt action needed to happen as soon as possible. The DA called on the NA to act swiftly, while the EFF said it was not necessary to first wait for a parliamentary investigation, EWN reported.

Both parties lodged complaints against Mapisa-Nqakula with Parliament’s ethics committee. Mapisa-Nqakula was not present for a parliamentary session because she’s currently in Paris attending a women speakers’ summit, where the DA and EFF called for action.

DA Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube said it was concerning that the latest allegations emerged while Mapisa-Nqakula was already facing an ethics complaint related to a secret salary hike for the secretary to Parliament.

“We can’t have a situation where the leader of an institution has these kinds of allegations hanging over their head, and that is why the ethics committee must investigate this thoroughly.”

The EFF’s Laeticia Allies took it one step further.

“We should take a stand and as the National Assembly convene all party leaders and chief whips and agree to move an urgent resolution to remove her.”

EFF Member, Carl Niehaus, echoed Allies’ sentmients and called for Mapisa-Nqakula to go on his X account. He revealed he will host an X space chatting to Paul Ngobeni about why she must go while these bribery allegations hang over her head.

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