ANC wants South Africans to pay for Nkandla again‚ says DA

02 May 2016 - 16:29 By TMG Digital

The establishment of a trust by the ANC to pay back the money used to upgrade President Jacob Zuma’s private residence at Nkandla is disgraceful and is essentially an attempt to make the people of South Africa pay for Nkandla a second time‚ after already having done so in the first place‚ says the Democratic Alliance. DA national spokesperson Refiloe Nt’sekhe said on Monday the Constitutional Court was clear that Zuma ought to pay back the money‚ determined by the National Treasury‚ “personally”.ANC will not recall President Zuma‚ leaders announce at funeralThe African National Congress has used the funeral of KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC and provincial ANC deputy chairman Willies Mchunu’s wife Duduzile to defend President Jacob Zuma’s leadership and has vowed that he will not be recalled. “If Jacob Zuma was serious about abiding by the court judgment‚ and wanted to show South Africa that he wanted to make up for what is now one of the greatest corruption scandals of a democratic South Africa‚ he would tell those ‘loyalists’ that he will pay back the money himself‚” Nt’sekhe said. “He will of course remain silent. Because President Jacob Zuma has shown time and time again that he doesn’t care about the people of South Africa. Its Number One first‚ and the people last‚” she added.“The ANC leadership will remain silent too while they take from the poor to give back to the rich‚ connected few. Because they too‚ when provided with an opportunity to hold Zuma accountable‚ have done nothing.”This demonstrated yet again just how much the ANC had changed. Instead of fighting for justice‚ it was now more concerned with taking from ANC members and South Africans to help pay for a presidential palace‚ Nt’sekhe said.“It is time that this conduct‚ which facilitates corruption‚ is brought to an end‚” she added...

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