Cape Town – Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s legal team has accused the state of withholding key information in her corruption case.
Her lawyers are demanding access to Sections B and C of the police docket, which contain internal reports and an investigative diary.
“We expected that we would receive any outstanding documents in respect of the A section, the entire B section, bar one document which had been alluded to in court by Mr Louw and, of course, the entire C section,” her lawyer Reginald Willis said.
The state has classified these sections as confidential.
Mapisa-Nqakula, out on R50,000 bail, faces 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering.
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The charges relate to allegations that she solicited and received R2 million in bribes from defence contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu during her tenure as defence minister (2016–2019).
Willis argued that the state’s reluctance to disclose the full docket suggests a cover-up, citing missing evidence, including a recording of a search-and-seizure operation.
He further implied that the state’s refusal to release certain sections of the docket indicated a possible attempt to hide information.
“The effort with which the state has resisted, and then tendering everything, [but] now going back on giving us C, it’s difficult not to infer they’re hiding something. We’ve been shaking this tree for a while,” Willis said.
He also claimed the case is politically motivated, linking it to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala scandal.
The state prosecutor, Paul Louw, defended the withholding of Section C, stating that it contains privileged and sensitive investigative details.
Judge Mokhine “Papi” Mosopa will rule on the matter on April 4.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
