Even JZ got ripped off

28 July 2015 - 02:00 By Mr Mabale, by e-mail

This letter is directed to the president of the Republic of South Africa, the Honourable JG Zuma. When MPs visit Nkandla I ask myself questions I have no answers to.These questions can only be answered by you, Mr President.I voted for you and used to see the Nkandla scandal as an attack directed at you, until now I choose to open up and face the truth.When Thuli Madonsela's report was delivered you and the ANC went all out to deny it, the outcome was that you and your family benefited from the project and you were required to pay [back a portion of the money].Now we have Nathi Nhleko's report, which says you must pay nothing and more upgrades are still required.When the newspapers used to have Nkandla on every front page, I stopped buying newspapers because I believed that you were under attack.I was watching you on TV when you were asked about Nkandla and you said that Nkandla was not built by the government from scratch. You had built the houses to the window level and that's were the government came in, so after the government intervened R200-million was spent on it.You deny all wrongdoing: you deny benefiting.Allow me to tell you what happened. You had your own plans for Nkandla but corrupt government officials escalated the costs of everything.They had buildings and constructions that were necessary for you, but also did it in the name of benefiting themselves by using your name and status.The swimming pool was not part of your plan and the security houses were not part of your plan. All these were added and prices were escalated.Unless there are underground buildings that we cannot see, your buildings are worth nothing more than R50-million...

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