National Prosecuting Authorities' representative Adv.Mthunzi Mhaga addresses the press in the High Court, in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. South Africa's speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her was dismissed by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria Tuesday. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
FILE - South African Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, stands ahead of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's state of the nation address, at the City Hall in Cape Town on Feb. 8, 2024. Mapisa-Nqakula faces imminent arrest over corruption charges after her bid to block police and prosecutors from arresting her was dismissed by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Mapisa-Nqakula, who is a senior member of the country’s ruling African National Congress party, is accused of receiving bribes from a defence contractor while she was still a minister of defence. (Rodger Bosch/pool photo via AP, File)