Concourt to deliver Nkandla judgement on Thursday

The Constitutional Court will rule on Thursday in the Nkandla case which has seen President Jacob Zuma make an eleventh hour offer to repay a portion of the state money spent on his private home.

The senior registrar’s clerk at the Constitutional Court has sent a letter to parties to the case, which pits the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters, against Zuma, to say the ruling will be handed down at 10am.

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found that luxuries added to the property at state expense, including a swimming pool, chicken run, cattle kraal and amphitheatre, did not necessary for presidential security and directed Zuma to foot a reasonable portion of the R216 million.

For more than a year, Zuma refused to pay back the money and so the EFF and DA took him and Speaker of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, to court.

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