Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, who has been confirmed as the new National Assembly Speaker on Thursday, is under investigation for allegedly receiving a R5 million bribe from a defence contractor, blowing R7 million on aircraft charters and living it up at luxury hotels.
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Defence appointed a task team to investigate the allegations against her two months ago.
At the time, Mapisa-Nqakula, whom President Cyril Ramaphosa removed from his Cabinet last week, was minister of defence and military veterans.