Gavin Watson’s Nephew Seen Outside Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s House

• The nephew of the late businessman Gavin Watson, Jared Watson, was allegedly seen departing from Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's house
• This occurred hours after Mapisa-Nqakula handed herself over at the Pretoria Central Police Station
• South Africans are slamming the media for not camping outside of Markus Jooste's house instead

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered police investigations and court cases at Daily Sun for over three years. Do you have a hard news story you would like to share? Email tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za with CA in the subject line.

GAUTENG – Jared Watson, the nephew of deceased Bosasa boss Gavin Watson, was allegedly seen driving away from the home of Parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. This was hours after Mapisa-Nqakula handed herself over to the police on 22 March 2024.

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Jared Watson seen outside Mapisa-Nqakula's house

@ewnreporter, posted the news on its X account. The publication noted a few cars parked inside and outside Mapisa-Nqakula's house on the day she handed herself over to the police.

Mapisa-Nqakula was recently accused of receiving R2.3 million in bribes between 2016 and 2019 as the Minister of Defence. She faced much public backlash, resulting in Parliament investigating the allegations after a case was opened against her. View the tweet here:

South Africans mock Mzansi media

Netizens accused Mzansi media of focusing on Mapisa-Nqakula and not on camping outside the house of Markus Jooste, who committed suicide recently.

Sebitlo asked:

“Any vehicles departing from the disgraced multibillion thief Marko Jooste’s house?”

Tshepho said:

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“The media is distracting the nation from something big with this speaker and Watson’s acts.”

Hawulembiba said:

“This is why we are sceptical about the Steinhoff death. No photo or a car full of journalists were parked outside his house. We are just supposed to take their word for it.”

Tshidi asked:

“What have you spotted outside Jooste’s residence?”

Radical said:

“You failed to stand outside that Jooste fraudster’s house and give us pictures.”

Martin Lungsta said:

“Go camp at Jooste’s house.”

Mapisa-Nqakula to answer for increasing Parliament secretary's salary

In a similar article, Briefly News reported that Mapisa-Nqakula was called to submit written responses to explain why she increased the Parliament secretary's salary.

This was after the secretary was employed by Parliament less than a year before Mapisa-Nqakula gave the increase the green light.

Source: Briefly News