Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province. Public discontent rises as jacob zumas ship sinks in south. This mediatised conflict was the focus of sustained investigative journalism reporting in the two weeklies considered for the purpose of this study, the city press and the mail and guardian. President jacob zuma unduly benefited from exorbitant upgrades to his nkandla home and must pay back a reasonable portion of the costs to. Media caption satellite images showed mr zuma s growing residence. The public protector on wednesday released her longawaited report on the security upgrades at president jacob zuma s private nkandla homestead. Court case against president jacob zuma next tuesday over the nkandla. Apr 05, 2016 public discontent rises as jacob zuma s ship sinks in south africa. Jul 07, 2016 the democratic alliance says that, by its calculations, president jacob zuma owes r63. Zuma yet to respond to public protectors nkandla report.
Zuma has responded to all nkandla reports presidency 20140816 14. Nkandlagate a critical textual analysis of the press coverage. Executive summary of the research report introduction and rationale this analysis of the news coverage relating to the expenditure on president zuma s private home at nkandla is undertaken under the auspices of the media policy and democracy project, a joint. Nkandla report exposes president zuma s personal involvement in the project. President jacob zuma s homestead at nkandla in kwazulunatal. After a protracted battle over the public protectors nkandla report, zuma has to comply with thuli madonsela. Find highquality nkandla stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Apart from the release of a statement by the presidency on 03. Jacob zuma survives party attempt to oust him as south africas president. Timing of nkandla report a political move ahead of. Parliaments allanc adhoc committee on nkandla looks set to exonerate president jacob zuma.
A report of the public protector found that zuma unduly benefited from these. His private compound in nkandla, kwazulunatal, has seen the. President jacob zuma responds to nkandla ruling jacob zuma addressed the nation on 1 april and agreed to pay back the money after the constitutional courts ruling. Madonsela and agreed to respond to her interim report at zuma s home by.
President jacob zuma s delayed willingness to pay back the money spent on the upgrades to his nkandla residence could be a. South africas jacob zuma defied constitution, top court. On 8 may 2006, the court dismissed the charges, agreeing that the sexual act in question was consensual. Pdf scholarly and journalistic work on the critical state of leadership in africa abound. Zuma responds to nkandla upgrades president jacob zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private nkandla homestead to. Report by the minister of police to parliament on security. Jacob zuma survives party attempt to oust him as south. Download the constitutional court nkandla judgment. Jacob zuma, the former president of south africa and former president of the governing political party, the african national congress anc, was charged with rape in the johannesburg high court on 6 december 2005.
Public works minister thulas nxesi informed parliament. Madonsela must respond to criticism of nkandla report. Public protector thuli madonselas report on the security upgrades at nkandla is a potentially defining moment in south africas democratic journey. Jacob zuma accused of corruption on a grand scale in.
Zuma responds to nkandla upgrades president jacob zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private nkandla homestead to parliament on thursday, the presidency said. The public protector on wednesday released her longawaited report on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private nkandla homestead. A controversial candidate, zuma s rise to power had withstood a long succession of ethical and legal wrangling. May 27, 2015 president jacob zuma on wednesday dismissed continuing controversy about his private nkandla homestead, saying it was just a house, and criticized the opposition for turning parliament into. The call for the probe was in response to cost concerns raised relating to the security. President jacob zuma is expanding his remote family homestead at nkandla in rural kwazulunatal for a whopping price of r65million. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption. The office of the african national congress chief whip on wednesday welcomed the response by president jacob zuma on public protector thuli madonselas report into upgrades at his nkandla homestead. Nov 28, 20 zuma s sayso sent millions to his annointed nkandla contractor. Report by the minister of police to parliament on security upgrades at the nkandla private residence of the president. The office of the african national congress chief whip on wednesday welcomed the response by president jacob zuma on public protector thuli madonselas report into upgrades at his nkandla. Zuma s south african nkandla home upgrade unethical. Executive summary of the research report introduction and rationale this analysis of the news coverage relating to the expenditure on president zumas private home at nkandla is undertaken under the auspices of the media policy and democracy project, a joint collaborative research initiative between the department of. National council of provinces, 14 may 2015 the constitution affords all south africans the right to see and hear what happens in.
President zuma responds to nkandla questions in parliament. Zuma has responded to all nkandla reports presidency. Dec 04, 20 certain incontrovertible facts about the nkandla scandal are very difficult to ignore or explain. He said the african national congress would invite members of the media on a visit to president jacob zuma s nkandla home in kwazulunatal. Johannesburg president jacob zuma has responded to all reports regarding the security upgrades at his nkandla private. After a protracted battle over the public protectors nkandla report, zuma. The private residence of president jacob zuma was declared a national key. The nkandla report by thuli madonsela on jacob zuma s homestead and the corrupt practices involved there.
African national congress anc mps on tuesday moved to absolve president jacob zuma of any wrongdoing in the nkandla controversy as they unilaterally pursued parliaments consideration of the matter following an opposition walkout. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. The mortgage facility given to zuma has been described as a sham transaction in court papers before the supreme court of appeal. During the trial, zuma admitted to having unprotected sex with his accuser. The use of public funds to make improvements to the compound, which were said to be for security reasons, which cost over r246 million led to significant. I have noted your restatement of the contents of your report titled secure in comfort.
Republic of south africa, his excellency j g zuma, at nkandla in the. In 2005, then vicepresident, zuma had been stripped of his rank following allegations of rape and corruption. President jacob zuma s intervention halfway through the security upgrade at nkandla channelled an extra r20million to two. The report has been prepared with due consideration of the following reports the report of the joint standing committee on intelligence jsci, the report of the public protector titled secure in comfort, and the progress report in terms.
Nkandla report exposes president zumas personal involvement. The nkandla scandal, for which zuma was belatedly forced to apologise last week, has been under investigation since 2012. This is how the world learned, on the first friday in december 2009, the details of extensive work that had recently started at what would later come to be known simply as nkandla. South africas jacob zuma to repay nkandla upgrade funds. President zuma responds to nkandla questions in parliament duration. They said there was no evidence that zuma asked for luxuries to be added to his private home in kwazulunatal, or knew about an abuse of public funds as the cost. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best and that he applied his mind to the issues at hand. Zuma s private home will reportedly feature underground bunkers,a clinic,a fire station,a special quarter for police and. President jacob zuma still has to respond to public protector thuli madonselas report regarding the security upgrades at his nkandla private home, her office said on friday. Zuma to wait for siu report on nkandla before responding fully. May 08, 2016 president jacob zuma may only pay back a fraction of the r246 million spent on his nkandla home, according to a report in the sunday times. Pdf the rare leadership model, jacob zuma and nkandla. Sep, 2016 jacob zuma s nkandla loan questioned over bank links to crony save mr zuma was ordered to pay back public funds spent on security upgrades to his private country estate, nkandla credit. Reactions to president zuma and the ancs concourt briefings.
A picture of president jacob zumas private residence in. Despite a series of corruption allegations, the ancs governing body says it does not support calls for mr zuma. Aug 14, 2014 zuma signed a proclamation on december 18 giving the siu the goahead to investigate intentional or negligent loss of public money at nkandla. The jacob zuma presidency 2009 to 2017 march south. Aug 15, 2014 president jacob zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private nkandla homestead to parliament on thursday, the presidency said. Nkandla report the incontrovertible facts no smokescreens. Jacob gedleyihlekisa zuma became the president of the republic in 2009. The use of public funds to make improvements to the compound, which were said to be for security reasons. Reports of the auditorgeneral on the nkandla prestige project a including. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector. President zuma submits report on nkandla security upgrades. A picture of president jacob zuma s private residence in nkandla, some 178 kilometres north of durban, on november 4, 2012. Christian churches, allied to motsoeneng, responded to madonselas report by saying. Jacob gedleyihlekisa zuma ascended to the south african presidency on 9 may 2009 on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party politicians alike.
Zuma to wait for siu report on nkandla before responding fully forced to respond to the public protectors report by midnight on wednesday, jacob zuma issued a statement saying his is waiting for. May 14, 2015 questions by the eff to the president of south africa. Jacob zuma breached constitution over home upgrades, south. These facts stand independent of the content of the alleged leaked report of the public protector. Read the summary of the judgment here, and download the full document. In a scathing judgment delivered today, the constitutional court found that both jacob zuma and the national assembly acted contrary to the constitution in dismissing the findings of the public protector with regard to the nkandla matter. Zuma used the vbs bond in september 2016 to pay back a portion of public funds used for security upgrades to his nkandla homestead after he was ordered to do so by the constitutional court. President jacob zuma s aboutturn on nkandla could affect his loyal supporters, although the anc isnt likely to throw them out into the cold. The democratic alliance da leader hellen zille was prevented from inspecting roads around the property and attempt to enter president zuma s compound. What the state capture report tells us about zuma, the guptas, and corruption in south africa.
Zuma to respond to nkandla report presidency the citizen. Pretoria ministers in the justice, crime prevention and security jcps cluster will on friday, 15 november, submit their response to public protector thuli madonselas provisional report on the security upgrades at president jacob zuma s nkandla residence in a statement released by the government communication and information system gcis today, government said it had noted the. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector 6 by the mail and guardian in an article titled zuma s r 65 million nkandla splurge. Madonselas original report called for zuma to repay the cost of upgrades to nkandla and outlined estimates of. Cape town president jacob zuma will respond later to public protector thuli madonselas report on his nkandla homestead, the presidency said on wednesday. Zuma responds to madonsela report over nkandla by charl bosch aug 15, 2014 it was announced late on thursday afternoon, that president jacob zuma has submitted his response to parliament into the findings of security upgrades at his private nkandla homestead.
Zumas south african nkandla home upgrade unethical. Nkandla report exposes president zumas personal involvement in the project. My response to the three nkandla reports jacob zuma. Task team investigation report on security measures at nkandla. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi south of the rural town of nkandla in kwazulunatal, commonly referred to as the nkandla homestead has been the subject of considerable controversy. Read the public protectors full nkandla report the citizen. President zuma submits report on nkandla security upgrades to. Former president jacob zuma has sent twitter into hype mode with his response on claims that he stashed millions of dollars belonging to late libyan dictator muammar gaddafi at his home in nkandla. President jacob zuma has consistently claimed to know little about the taxpayerfunded aspects of the construction at his homestead near nkandla. Court case against president jacob zuma next tuesday over the nkandla spending debacle. President jacob zuma responds to nkandla report jozi gist. President jacob zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private nkandla homestead to parliament on thursday, the presidency said. Ms madonsela said mr zuma had 14 days to respond to her report.
The cost of the nkandla project seems to run well over the r246m that stands in the public protectors report. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi. Da wants jacob zuma summoned over north west cattle donation. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province report no 25 of. Jacob zuma accused of corruption on a grand scale in south africa this article is more than 6 years old opposition say president should be investigated if preliminary findings that. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption watch. Mantashe also claimed that the delay of the report was the public protectors fault, to which madonsela responded by pointing out that it took president zuma nine months to respond. Zuma responds as pressure mounts president jacob zuma has finally spoken out about public protector thuli madonselas damning report on the spending of r246m of taxpayers money to upgrade his private nkandla residence. Zuma responds to madonselas letter by charl bosch sep 12, 2014 president jacob zuma has responded to public protector thuli madonselas letter, saying that he cannot and should not give a blanket acceptance that he didnt address her findings into the r246million upgrades at his private nkandla homestead.
President zuma and the anc respond to concourt judgement. President jacob zumas aboutturn on nkandla could affect his loyal supporters, although the anc isnt likely to throw them out into the cold. Anc responds to nkandla report as it happened 20140320 09. Eff call for madonselas nkandla report to be prioritised.
The mastery of the concourt vs the invincibility of jacob zuma. As the public protector report on nkandla makes abundantly clear, the president was intimately involved in and had. Mar 31, 2016 nkandla, jacob zumas private residence. Jacob zumas nkandla loan questioned over bank links to crony. Her probe looked into over r200 million upgrades at president jacob zuma s.
Public protector the public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zuma s private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. The public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. The eff also says that order should give zuma 30 days to pay back his portion of the nkandla costs. President jacob zuma is set to respond on wednesday to public protector thuli madonselas report on the r246 million upgrades to his nkandla home, the presidency said. However, writes legalbrief, rather than putting the matter to rest, zuma s claim that he was not guilty and that he. Report to the speaker of the national assembly regarding the security upgrades at the nkandla private residence of his excellency president jacob zuma i refer to your correspondence dated 21 august 2014. The report on the r206million security upgrade to president jacob zumas private home at nkandla has been classified top secret.
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