Image: Phill Magakoe/AFPSource: Getty ImagesPRETORIA — The defence team representing former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula mounted a pointed challenge to the State's key witness during cross-examination at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday. According to News24, Advocate Siyabulela Mapoma SC, acting for Mapisa-Nqakula, took aim at the credibility of Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu, whose testimony forms a central pillar of the prosecution's case. Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 counts of corruption and one count of money laundering, to which she has pleaded not guilty. Mapoma disputed this account, arguing that the gaps in her earlier version of events undermined her reliability as a witness. Image: Rodger Bosch/AFPSource: Getty ImagesANC MPs ordered to reject Phala Phala report: Mapisa-NqakulaIn a related article, Briefly News reported on Mapisa-Nqakula's recent remarks concerning the African National Congress's handling of the Phala Phala report.