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Mapisa-Nqakula granted bail, claims state’s case is 'weak'

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Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was granted R50,000 bail after her first appearance before the Pretoria magistrate's court on Thursday. The former speaker faces 12 charges of corruption and one of money laundering. In her affidavit read by her lawyer, advocate Graham Kerr-Phillips, Mapisa-Nqakula said she believed the state’s case against her was weak.
4 Apr 8AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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