Nkandla: All I ever wanted was compliance, says Madonsela

27 June 2016 - 19:21 By Sipho Mabena

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has refused to comment on the R7.8-million that President Jacob Zuma must‚ according to Treasury calculations‚ pay for the non-security features on his Nkandla home. “All I ever wanted was compliance‚” she said on Monday.The Constitutional Court ruled on 31 March 2016 that “the National Treasury must determine a reasonable percentage of the costs of those measures which ought to be paid personally by the President (and) … report back to this Court on the outcome of its determination within 60 days of the date of this order”. In compliance with the Constitutional Court judgment‚ the National Treasury has submitted its report to the court detailing how much Zuma should pay for the upgrades.“The National Treasury‚ has in line with the Court’s order‚ submitted its report on the President’s homestead in Nkandla to the Court. All queries regarding the matter should be directed to the Court‚” Treasury said in a statement.The report released to the media by the Constitutional Court states that the total amount calculated was R7.8m."As a consequence‚ the reasonable percentage of the estimated costs of the five measures that the President would have to pay personally would be 87.94%. This percentage corresponds to R7‚814‚155 as at June 2009‚" the report states.In her report of her investigation into the Nkandla saga titled “Secure in Comfort” released in March 2014‚ Madonsela found that Zuma and his family unduly benefited from the R246-million upgrades on his private Nkandla home.She said it was common cause that in the name of security‚ the government had built for the president and his family in his private home‚ a visitors centre‚ cattle kraal and chicken run‚ swimming pool‚ and amphitheatre among other features.TMG Digital/The Times..

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