<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThis payment seems to have sparked Mapisa-Nqakula\u2019s increasing demands for more money, with the minister ramping up her alleged extortion of Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mapisa-Nqakula\u2019s charge sheet and Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu\u2019s September affidavit show that between November 2017 and July 2019, nearly R2-million was allegedly extorted from the businesswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In November 2017, Mapisa-Nqakula demanded R150 000, which she told Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu she needed in order to pay for a night nurse for her dying father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe explained that her husband was the one attending to her sick father at night and then needed another nurse to attend to him at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI took the cash from my safe \u2026 and drove to the minister\u2019s house to delivery it \u2026 I was permitted to enter the premises by the police officer who was at the main entrance. I was not made to sign any register.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After having discussions about her preparations for her dying father\u2019s funeral, \u201cthe Minister asked about the parcel of money that she had requested, I gave her the cash \u2026 she walked me to the door and I left \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was then that Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu informed her husband about Mapisa-Nqakula\u2019s \u201ccontinuous requests\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe was not pleased at all. I tried to assure him that I would find a way to get out of the situation. I also expressed my fear since the Minister was his political superior \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nine months later, in August 2018, as Umkhombe was submitting its R105m bid for another SANDF logistics tender \u2013 the company\u2019s biggest military contract \u2013 Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly demanded R250 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a result of the work which Umkhombe was doing abroad, cash had to be on hand for obvious reasons \u2026 I took some of this cash and delivered it to her on 17 August 2018 at Zwartkops [Air Force base] where there was an event of the [SANDF] Spouses Forum. I was the programme director of the event. The cash was contained in a gift bag. I gave the cash to her while she was in the holding room \u2026 The very next day \u2026 the Minister sent me a Whatsapp message \u2026 and she thanked me …\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This alleged bribe was followed by another three demands in September 2018 totalling R2.3-million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of these demands, R2-million was to ensure that her husband would be promoted and become the next SANDF surgeon general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn 14 September, the minister sent me the following Whatsapp message \u2026 (I have an ancestral message I want to discuss with you). Upon receiving this, I knew that she wanted more cash because of earlier telephonic requests from the Minister \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu delivered R150 000 to the minister at her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Minister discussed a number of things with me about her Department and she started to talk about the appointment of the Surgeon General \u2026 she mentioned \u2026 that my husband was a clear candidate to be the next Surgeon general because he was already deputy \u2026 she also mentioned that, if I gave her a sum of R2-million, she would make sure my husband got appointed to the position \u2026 she also spoke about her husband\u2019s plans to extend their home \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu claimed she told Mapisa-Nqakula that her husband was \u201csuitably qualified to get that position by virtue of being the serving deputy Surgeon General already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI did not intend to pay the R2-million as per her request \u2026 shortly before I left, the Minister asked\u2019’iphi into yam\u2019nd I then handed her the R150,000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 15 September 2018, Mapisa-Nqakula again whatsapped Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu asking her where she was and told her she was urgently needed and should \u201cbring the same size of \u2018impepho\u2019 as yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the use of the word \u2018impepho\u2019 I understood her to be referring to the cash equivalent to the one I brought the previous night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter the phone call, I took the cash that I had set aside to pay for the building that was taking place at my farm with me to meet her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu states that she gave Mapisa-Nqakula the money at her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe informed me that she was due to leave for New York and needed US dollars which she intended to use to shop for her newly renovated house. She stated that she could not convert the cash that I had just given her \u2026 she said she needed me to organise dollars for her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu told her she couldn\u2019t do this, Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly told her she was \u201ccertain that I could figure something out since my business involved a lot of traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn my mind, I was thinking that she would allow me to go with the R150,000 \u2026 to try convert it to dollars, instead she retained it and expected me to go raise dollars for her in addition to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through a money exchange in Bruma China Mall, Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu \u201cmanaged to get the US dollars equivalent to R150,000,\u201d which she gave to Mapisa-Nqakula the next day in a Ted Baker bag at a military event at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October, when the sitting surgeon general\u2019s contract was unexpectedly extended by a year, she contacted Mapisa-Nqakula. She claims the minister was taken by surprise and responded by saying that \u201cthe shit will hit the fan\u201d and \u201cthere would be consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu told her they were \u201crelying on her since my husband had an expectation to become the next surgeon general. I was of the view that husband was the best candidate for the post.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Big One<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nOn 5 November 2018, Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu was contacted by the SANDF and told that Umkhombe\u2019s R105-million bid to transport equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo where SANDF troops were deployed on a UN peacekeeping mission had been accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two days later, Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly Whatsapped Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu asking for a \u201cwig\u201d to be organised for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI responded \u2026 it would take seven days to deliver. I deliberately stretched the delivery for the money \u2026 because I had no money. We had just got the appointment letter and we had not done any work so we could not invoice by then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dodging continuous calls from the minister, Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu remembered the earlier threats about \u201chow she dealt with people who ignored her requests for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had also noticed how other suppliers were dealt with, having funds cleared from their financial authority [SANDF contract account] so that no invoices could be paid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Messaging Mapisa-Nqakula, she claims she told her that she was out of the country in the DRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere were delays in the payment of my invoice \u2026 I could not deliver the wig that the Minister wanted. She was calling me repeatedly and I ignored her calls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu said that on 9 December 2018, Mapisa-Nqakula Whatsapped her asking how she was doing and sent her proof of payment from the SANDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI made a mistake by sending the proof \u2026 in our chat \u2026 I knew the Minister was going to be angered by that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu said that she then again told her husband what had been happening, and that she had \u201cbeen avoiding the Minister for too long\u201d and had run out of excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 15 December Mapisa-Nqakula again demanded money, this time for her family to travel to the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was in January 2019 that Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu asked where they could meet \u201cin order to give her the wig\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe reason for doing this was because I had received information that my FA [financial authority] had been cleared. I knew [from the delay] I was being punished for my refusal to give her money a couple of weeks before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu again out of the country for work, the payment date was missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The affidavit shows that it would only be February when Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu and Mapisa-Nqakula could meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using her husband\u2019s official driver, she drove to OR Tambo International Airport where she met Mapisa-Nqakula in the SANDF VIP area and gave her R300 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, Mapisa-Nqakula was travelling on official business to Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c \u2026she expressed her concerns about my delay in bringing her the cash, to which I apologised to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe warned me again that she would not tolerate my conduct of ignoring her phone calls. She threatened that if necessary she would instruct \u2026 the deputy chief financial officer at the DOD \u2026 to move funds from the financial authority until I gave her the necessary attention. I could not afford this this to happen and assured her again, that I would not ignore her phone calls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April 2019, after Mapisa-Nqakula returned from Equatorial Guinea, she allegedly demanded yet another kickback, with Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu handing over R400 000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI drove to her house in Bruma after picking up my sister \u2026 I was carrying the R400,000 cash with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was during this meeting that Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly told Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu about the renovations to her home, saying that she could not afford to make the payments to the painters as they \u201cwere costing much more than expected \u2026\u201d and she was only left with R6 000 in her bank account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deciding to confront Mapisa-Nqakula, \u201cwho I noticed was in a relaxed mood that day\u201d Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu asked how much in total she wanted from her \u201cbecause I never budgeted for all the monies that she had been demanding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI tried to persuade her to give me a ballpark figure \u2026 so I could budget properly but she did not tell me \u2026 I handed the Minister the cash [R400,000].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that as she was about to leave, Mapisa-Nqakula asked her to \u201cgo and throw my bones as a sangoma to check if she would retain her position since there was an imminent cabinet reshuffle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA couple of days later I threw my bones \u2026 and determined that she was going to retain her position.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 3 July 2019 Mapisa-Nqakula again allegedly asked for money and Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu delivered R100 000 to her home two days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was during this meeting that Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly told her about the rivalry and jealousy among senior officers over her husband\u2019s upcoming promotion,how they were \u201cfighting tooth and nail\u201d for it and that she was pushing to have him promoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Minister then asked for the money and I gave her R100,000 cash \u2026 this was the last cash that I handed to the Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day before, Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu had been contacted by a Sunday Times journalist asking about the tenders that were allegedly awarded to Umkhombe irregularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the beginning of the end – for her and for the minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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