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Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: JACO MARAIS/GALLO IMAGES
Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. Picture: JACO MARAIS/GALLO IMAGES

Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will appear in the Pretoria magistrate's court on Thursday afternoon‚ the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed.

Mapisa-Nqakula handed herself over to the Lyttelton police station on Thursday morning.

NPA spokesperson Henry Mamothame confirmed that Mapisa-Nqakula would make her first court appearance at the Pretoria court. She is accused of taking bribes from a contractor during her tenure as defence minister.

She denies the accusations.

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