Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Resigns From Her Role As National Assembly Speaker
- Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula resigned as the Speaker of Parliament on 3 April
- This was on the same day when she was expected to deliver herself to the Lyttleton Police Station to be arrested
- She said that she resigned to deal with the investigations levelled against her, and South Africans lauded her
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PRETORIA – Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's role as the Speaker of Parliament has ended. She officially resigned from her position to focus on the woes concerning the allegations of receiving millions in bribery money against her.
Mapisa-Nqakula resigns as speaker
According to a tweet posted by @ThembiMrototo, Mapisa-Nqakula asserted that her resignation did not mean she admitted that she was guilty of the allegations against her. She said that the seriousness of the charges she was facing meant that she could not continue in her role as Madame Speaker. She added that she was stepping aside to protect the integrity of Parliament.
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View the statement here:
What you need to know about Mapisa-Nqakula's case
- The African National Congress considered having a meeting to deal with the allegations that were raised against Mapisa-Nqakula
- Her house was raided after the National Prosecuting Authority issued a search-and-seize order against her
- She tried in vain to fight the arrest warrant issued against her and was expected to hand herself in
South Africans celebrate
Netizens were over the moon that she resigned from her post.
Palestine Sudan said:
“Thank the Lord! Now, she must be jailed.”
Raintsi Tlaitlai said:
“It’s the honourable thing to do, not the theatrics she attempted earlier.”
The Mboks said:
“Going, going, gone.”
Thabang said:
“Sense finally prevailed.”
Sihle Mbeke said:
“Good riddance. Jail time must follow.”
Mapisa-Nqkula claims she is too old to go to jail
Previously, Briefly News reported that Mapisa-Nqakula tried to avoid jail time by using her age.
She said she was too old to spend time in a prison cell, and netizens had none of it. South Africans snubbed her reason as an invalid excuse.
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