An elite unit of the South African police raided the Johannesburg dwelling of the speaker of the parliament, Noxious Mapisa-Nqakulafor allegations of corruption.
She was accused of asking for bribes in alternate for the award of contracts when she was protection minister.
“The Speaker firmly maintains his sturdy conviction of innocence,” mentioned an announcement from parliament.
The police unit is appearing on behalf of state prosecutors who’ve carried out an investigation.
The parliamentary assertion mentioned that the police “carried out a search and seizure process” on the residence of Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula, including that she “welcomed the investigators in her dwelling, cooperating absolutely” throughout the seek for 5 hours
The 67-year-old veteran of the anti-apartheid wrestle grew to become speaker in 2021. Earlier than that, he served as protection minister for 9 years.
Throughout her time in that place, Ms Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly made a number of calls for for cash, amounting to $120,000 (£96,000), from the proprietor of an organization to safe a young for the transport of apparatus from the 'military in South Africa from different components of the continent, stories the newspaper Enterprise Day.
Cyril Ramaphosa grew to become president in 2018 on a promise to deal with corruption within the nation. His predecessor, Jacob Zuma, has been accused of overseeing a significant effort to divert state assets, costs he denies.
Ms Mapisa-Nqakula herself believes that “corruption poses a big risk to the rules of democracy and good governance”, the parliament mentioned.
“Due to this fact, she is deeply disturbed by such allegations.”
In a short assertion, the Nationwide Prosecution Authority confirmed the search operation, however didn’t give some other particulars and didn’t say when or if any costs will probably be filed.
