File: Speaker of the South African National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
JOHANNESBURG - Accountability Now Director Paul Hofffman says in the interest of protecting Parliament, Mapisa-Nqakula should resign.
The National Assembly speaker is alleged to have accepted bribes worth millions of rand from a military contractor.
National Assembly speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula takes special leave
This while she was serving as Defence and Military Veterans minister.
Accountability Now says Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s decision to take special leave is strategic and just a way of ensuring taxpayers continue paying her salary.
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