Presidency denies Zuma owns Dubai palace

The presidency on Sunday denied that President Jacob Zuma owns a property in Dubai.

The Sunday Times reported that Zuma owned a property on Lailak Street in Emirates Hills, billed as the "most expensive postal code" in a city so flashy that the police drive Bugattis, according to leaked e-mails.

It was also reported that Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe’s lived nearby.

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​"President Zuma does not own any property outside South Africa and has not requested anybody to buy property for him abroad," the presidency said in a statement on Sunday. 

"The president has also not received or seen the reported emails and has no knowledge of them."