High Court says State isn't infringing on Mapisa-Nqakula’s right to a fair trial
On Friday, Judge Mokhine Mosopa dismissed Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to have the State hand over section c of the police docket.
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 says the State is not infringing on former minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s right to a fair trial by not disclosing the investigation diary in her corruption case.
On Friday, Judge Mokhine Mosopa dismissed Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to have the State hand over section c of the police docket.
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Mapisa-Nqakula is facing 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering relating to bribes she allegedly received from a defence contractor when she was defence minister.
The former minister's application was predicated on the belief that the investigation diary had information she could use to exonerate her.
However, Judge Mokhine Mosopa said this is highly speculative.
“That is not the jurisdictional basis for an application of this nature. The State needs [to] only disclose evidence that is material and relevant, and the applicant is not entitled to information that is purely speculative and conjectural. And the B and C sections of the docket have no relevance to the applicant’s fair trial rights. They do not constitute exculpatory information in favour of the application.”
The matter has been adjourned to 9 May for pre-trial processes.