Mampara of the week: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula

Speaker of double standards

31 March 2024 - 00:00 By Hogarth

When she was removed from the defence portfolio and made speaker of the National Assembly, many were willing to give her a chance. After all, it was unfair to single her out for the government’s failure to deal with the July 2021 unrest when even her boss and the entire cabinet seemed at sea...

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