DA irked by poor Madibeng’s offer to pay back the money for Zuma

29 July 2016 - 14:08 By TMG Digital

The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants President Jacob Zuma to provide PoPP – proof of personal payment. The party on Friday demanded that the country’s leader “make a public commitment that he will pay back the R7.8-million he owes for Nkandlagate ‘personally’ ”.“We will also demand that he furnish Parliament with proof‚ in the interest of transparency and accountability‚ that he has in fact done so‚” said Sej Motau‚ the DA’s shadow minister for the Presidency.The Constitutional Court had on Tuesday accepted National Treasury’s determination of R7.8-million for non-security upgrades to his private home.That followed the court’s ruling in March‚ on applications by the DA and the Economic Freedom Fighters‚ that Zuma had failed to uphold the Constitution by not applying Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s remedial action that he pay back some of the public money spent.Motau on Friday described as “deeply concerning” that “during Jacob Zuma’s visit to the North West‚ the Madibeng Business Forum committed to helping Jacob Zuma pay back the money”.“In a community such as Madibeng‚ plagued by collapsing service delivery‚ and little water‚ that money should rather be donated to help vulnerable members of the community – not a South African who earns more than R2-million a year‚” he added.Motau noted that the “president did not rebuff this clearly inappropriate commitment”‚ but this was not surprising as “Zuma’s silence…is not new”...

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