South Africa National Assembly speaker charged with corruption and money laundering
South African authorities arrested National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Thursday based on multiple corruption charges. The arrest comes the day after Mapise-Nqakula resigned from her position in the country’s Parliament amid an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and misconduct during her tenure as South Africa’s defense minister. Following her resignation Wednesday night, Mapisa-Nqakula surrendered [...]