Treasury calculations: Zuma must pay 3.6% of Nkandla upgrades (R7.8m of R216m)
President Zuma should refund taxpayers for about R7.81 million spent on upgrading his private rural home in Nkandla, says the National Treasury.
President Zuma should refund taxpayers for about R7.81 million spent on upgrading his private rural home in Nkandla, says the National Treasury.
National Treasury says it will meet the deadline to determine how much President Jacob Zuma must pay for the non-security upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has insisted that the defence department has an obligation to buy a VVIP presidential jet.
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s Nkandla report, in which he introduced South Africa to the term ‘fire pool’, was factually correct.
In a follow up to his article on covering the loose ends over Nkandla, financial wordsmith Allan Greenblo, is unpacking the personal tax implications.
Amidst the jubilation over the judgment in the Nkandla matter, some loose ends need to be tied. Allan Greenblo says taxpayers will still lose out and ultimately have to pay for the ConCourt trial.
Never under-estimate the intellect of the common people – particularly when they have been endowed with information.
Advocate George Bizos has joined the chorus of those calling for President Jacob Zuma to resign, saying he could not have been “ignorant” of what was happening at his Nkandla home.
The ANC welcomes and appreciates President Jacob Zuma’s apology to the nation following the Constitutional Court judgment regarding spending at his Nkandla home.
The political importance of the Nkandla judgement has been overstated. The ANC will not permit external critics to determine who its leader is.