# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula maintains that a wig mentioned in WhatsApp exchanges with military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndlovu was a genuine gift and not a coded reference to money. She was questioned in the High Court in Pretoria about why she repeatedly referred to the wig in messages with the contractor. Testifying via an interpreter, Mapisa-Nqakula also admitted she failed to declare the gift but denied receiving any unlawful gratification from Ntsondwa-Ndlovu:
Mapisa-Nqakula admits she failed to declare ‘wig’ gift [SOUND]
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