Court denies corruption-accused Mapisa-Nqakula access to investigation diary
Mapisa-Nqakula made an application for the State to disclose section C of the police docket against her, which is the pocket book investigation diary.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula at the Pretoria High Court on 4 April 2025 for her corruption case. Picture: Thabiso Goba/EWN
JOHANNESBURG - The Pretoria High Court has denied former minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula access to the investigation diary in the corruption case against her.
Mapisa-Nqakula made an application for the State to disclose section C of the police docket against her, which is the pocket book investigation diary.
Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula is back at the Pretoria High Court for her corruption case.
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The court will today deliver a judgement on her application to have the state disclose all sections of the police docket against her and other materials. TCG pic.twitter.com/y2fo2GRkm0
She is charged with 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering.
It's alleged that as defence minister, she solicited and received bribes amounting to R4.5 million from a defence contractor.
The former minister believes the diary has information that could assist her defence.
However, Judge Mokhine Mosopa said the motivation for the disclosure application was speculative.
"The court must guard against the risk that may lead to impeding the applicant’s case and the acts of proper administration of justice. The applicant failed to show the risk of such impediment in my considered view and failed to establish a prima facie effects which indicate the relevance of the disclosure of the C-section of the police docket."