News24 | Handbags, wigs and a missing bear skin: What we know about the ID's case against Mapisa-Nqakula

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula stands accused of receiving over R2 million in bribes from a defence contractor during her time as defence minister. (Graphic by News24, Images by Getty Images and Gallo Images)

The Investigating Directorate's (ID) corruption case against National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula appears to rest on a defence contractor who says she bribed her with R2.5 million – and is herself accused of tender fraud totalling R100 million.

At this stage, however, it is unclear whether the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Specialised Commercial Crime Unit (SCCU) will pursue its multimillion-rand fraud case against businesswoman Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, after it was struck from the court roll in early March.

Three weeks after the case was struck from the roll, the ID conducted a search-and-seizure raid on the Johannesburg home that Mapisa-Nqakula shares with her former police minister husband, Charles Nqakula, using a warrant based entirely on evidence given by Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu.

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