South Africa’s ‘President in Waiting’ Arrested in Corruption Probe 

Published on April 8, 2024

JOHANNESBURG—A week ago Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, 67, was the powerful Speaker in South Africa’s parliament and third-in-line for the Presidency of Africa’s largest and most developed economy. Today, the veteran anti-apartheid activist from the governing African National Congress (ANC) is awaiting trial on 12 counts of corruption and money laundering. Investigators told The Epoch Times they will prove that Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula “solicited bribes amounting to 4.5 million rands ($241,000) ” in return for awarding contracts when she was Defense Minister between 2017 and 2019. “The case against her is super-strong,” said one officer. “She faces imprisonment of up to 15 years.” Ms. Mapisa-Nqakula appeared in court on April 4, denying wrongdoing and telling a magistrate: “I do not have a propensity to commit crime.”...

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