ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the ANC will enforce it’s step aside policy as the facts arise. Image: @MbalulaFikileANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the ANC will enforce it’s step aside policy as the facts arise. Image: @MbalulaFikile
Documents found in the house of Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, during a raid at her home in Johannesburg on Tuesday have led to the decision to charge her.reported that the ‘Home renovation’ documents were found during an Investigative Directorate . On Thursday, Mapisa-Nqakula announced that she would take special leave from Parliament, effective immediately.
“We welcome that law enforcement agencies like the NPA and Hawks are starting to act without fear or favour and that an individual’s political status does not shield them from accountability,” said the DA. “We call on these agencies to move speedily on both the matters of Mapisa-Nqakula and the Deputy President, Paul Mashatile,” it also said.The DA said Mapisa-Nqakula’s possible arrest reinforced its call for the Speaker to step down immediately.
“We are now looking at the Leader of the Legislative Arm of State not only accused but possibly arrested and charged for corruption,” the official opposition party said.
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