President Jacob Zuma will know whether or not he is expected to repay a portion of the money spent on upgrades at his Nkandla homestead, when Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko releases his long-waited Nkandla report this evening.
The briefing, is expected to start at 7pm.
According to Eyewitness News Nhleko’s detailed report is expected to be 50 pages long.
Nearly a year ago, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela published her report on the Nkandla project, saying Zuma and his family had benefited personally from the R246m spent on improving the private home, and that he had to pay back a reasonable portion of the millions.
Speaking in Parliament yesterday, President Jacob Zuma dismissed the continuing controversy about his private Nkandla homestead, saying it is just a house, he also criticism the opposition for turning Parliament into what he called a kindergarten.
President Jacob Zuma has dismissed the continuing controversy about his private Nkandla homestead, saying it is just a house, he also criticised the opposition for turning Parliament into what he called a kindergarten.
He made the remark during his reply to the debate on the presidency’s budget vote speech in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Zuma referred to the R246-million spent on security upgrades to his private homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, and the investigations into the matter.
He said the opposition was responsible for a poverty in politics and not giving him anything substantial to respond to.
