Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlhovu, who has admitted to paying Mapisa-Nqakula R4.5 million in bribes, testified that the former minister’s first direct request was for R200,000.
The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs department announced that 43 deaths have been recorded during the Winter Initiation Season, with Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape accounting for most of the fatalities.