Treasury says it will meet ConCourt's deadline on Nkandla

Treasury says it will meet ConCourt's deadline on Nkandla

Treasury says its work to give effect to the Constitutional Court's Nkandla ruling is "progressing well".

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On 31 March, the court ruled Treasury should determine "a reasonable percentage of the costs" which President Jacob Zuma must "personally pay" for non-security features at his private homestead.


The features include the amphitheatre, cattle kraal, chicken run, visitor's centre, and the fire pool - which the president referred to as a swimming pool in Parliament this week. 


Treasury has been given 60 days from the date of the court order to report back on the outcome of its determination. 


Zuma must then pay back the amount determined by Treasury within 45 days.


Treasury says the deadline is 26 June as the timeframe given does not include weekends and public holidays. 


"The final report will be submitted to the Constitutional Court in due course. A detailed account of the work that has been undertaken, including the methodology followed will be made public at an appropriate time," Treasury said in a statement.


In its judgement, the court condemned the "illegality" of Zuma's conduct in failing to comply with the remedial action set out by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela in her 2014 report titled "Secure in Comfort".


The court said the president "failed to uphold and defend the Constitution".


Madonsela found in her report that some features included in the R246-million security upgrades to Zuma's Nkandla residence were not security features and the president should repay some money spent by the State.

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