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South Africa's former parliament speaker arrested on corruption, money laundering charges

Former South African Defence Minister and former Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula appears in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court to face charges relating to corruption, in Pretoria, South Africa on April 4. CAPE TOWN -- South Africa's former parliament speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, was arrested and charged with corruption on Thursday, a day after she resigned over graft allegations. National …

Former South Africa Speaker of parliament arrested on bribery allegations, released on bail

The former South African Speaker of parliament was arrested on Thursday over allegations that she received about $135,000 in bribes, in the latest corruption scandal to face the governing African National Congress party. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula turned herself in to police in the capital, Pretoria, on Thursday and was taken to Pretoria Magistrates Court, where she was released on 50,000 rand …

Foreign Correspondent Joe Barnes begins by reporting on the overnight strikes on southern Ukraine. Francis also spoke about the news that Vladimir Putin has called off his planned visit to South Africa to attend the BRICS summit next month: Months ago the ICC arrest warrant for Putin was dismissed by some as an irrelevance, but we have again seen an …