President Zuma should pay back R7,8 million for Nkandla: treasury
President Jacob Zuma should pay back R7,8 million of public funds used to upgrade his private residence with facilities including a chicken coop and swimming pool, the treasury said Monday.
In March, the Constitutional Court found that the president had violated the constitution by defying the Public Protector's order to repay some of the money in one of several scandals that have dominated his presidency.
The court asked the national treasury to determine the value of the non-security upgrades at Zuma's homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.
The work included a swimming pool, which was claimed to be a fire-fighting facility, a chicken run, a cattle enclosure, an amphitheatre and a visitors' centre.
The National Treasury said in a statement that Zuma should pay back R7 814 155.
#Nkandla Here is the calculation of President Zuma's bill pic.twitter.com/MhFwlpY7U7
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