Court hears contradicting evidence at Mapisa-Nqakula’s trial
Lieutenant-General Derrick Mgwebi testified that in December 2016, state witness Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu asked him to arrange a meeting with the then Defence Minister after alleging that the Department of Defence’s former Secretary for Defence, Sam Gulube, was demanding escalating payments on the minister’s behalf.
His evidence differs from Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu’s earlier testimony that she handed the minister R300 000 concealed beneath a wig at the airport VIP Lounge rather than the hotel.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has heard testimony that appears to contradict a key aspect of the state’s corruption case against former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
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