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The Star newspaper says it stands by the contents of a story it published about the future of the houses occupied by President Jacob's Zuma's support staff at Nkandla.
Public Works Minister, Thulas Nxesi and Rural Development and Land Reform Minister, Gugile Nkwinti issued a joint statement on Monday in which they refuted the article, which was also
published in the Pretoria News.
The article stated that Nxesi and Nkwinti had contradicted each other in terms of what would happen to some of the houses on Zuma's multi-million rand homestead in KwaZulu-Natal - as some of it was built on state-owned land managed by the Ingonyama Trust Board.
The article quoted Vuyo Bavuma, speaking on behalf of Nxesi, saying that the support staff houses built on the state-owned land would be sold once Zuma's five-year term was over.
The Star reported that Nkwinti apparently contradicted Nxesi and said houses on Ingonyama Trust Board land could not be sold, as the trust only leased land.
