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Court reserves judgment on Mapisa-Nqakula’s section 174 bid

Court reserves judgment on Mapisa-Nqakula’s section 174 bid

By GhanaSummary NewsroomSouth Africa

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria will hear arguments on a Section 174 application brought by former National Assembly Speaker and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, seeking to have the case against her discharged.

Judgment has been reserved on the Section 174 application for the discharge of former speaker of the National Assembly and minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in her corruption and money laundering trial in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

State Advocate Emile Van Der Merwe, says, “The reason why this application was brought, my lady, is either to test the court’s feelings about the matter going forward or a fishing expedition to see what the state argues, so they know what to prepare going forward with the defence case.

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