Zuma apologises for Nkandla
President Jacob Zuma has apologised for his role in the Nkandla matter.
The president addressed the nation on Friday night, responding to the Constitutional Court ruling.
The president says he took bad legal advice.
"I wish to emphasise that I never knowingly or deliberately set out to violate the Constitution which is the supreme law of the republic," he said.
On Thursday, a full bench of the Constitutional Court made a unanimous ruling that President Jacob Zuma pay out of his own pocket for non-security upgrades at his private Nkandla home.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng delivered the seminal ruling - saying the president acted illegally when he failed to comply with the remedial action set out by the Public Protector.
The court ordered Treasury determine the amount the president should pay back.
Zuma has been given 105 days from the date of judgement to pay back the money as determined by Treasury.
Edited by: Marius van der Walt