Mapisa-Nqakula’s travel allowances under spotlight in court

The money that gets to be refunded back or taken back to the department, it is an advance allowance that one is given in case of any unexpected expenditure that had to take place.

Mapisa-Nqakula, who faces 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering, has denied using illicit funds for overseas travel.

She says, “My staff has been given money, then my allowance will be taken off, be placed in an envelope, as we know they would be receiving it from Bidvest or wherever.