News24 | DA pleads with parties to remove Mapisa-Nqakula, ANC ready to defend another corruption-accused leader

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Under-fire National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. (Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images)

Under-fire National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. (Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images)

The ANC is refusing to buckle under the pressure of the DA, which wants the ruling party to act against embattled National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula or face the embarrassment of defending another corruption-accused leader in an election year.

But the ANC said it had no reason to support the DA's motion of no confidence in Mapisa-Nqakula.

She stands accused of receiving more than R2 million in bribes from a defence contractor during her time as defence minister.

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