Cope: Defence Minister ‘can no longer remain in office’ after smuggling report

23 May 2016 - 11:19
By TMG Digital

The Congress of the People (Cope) said on Monday that “however noble her intentions”‚ Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s admission to “smuggling a Burundian woman into South Africa” means she can “no longer remain in office”. “If the minister of defence can breach national security in this manner‚ we are well on our way to becoming a banana republic‚” said Cope’s Dennis Bloem said on reaction to the Sundat Times report.

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