TOM EATON | We all know Zuma’s a bad investment, so how’s he going to pay his debts?

The former president is perpetually broke and is not particularly well-connected, unless you include Carl Niehaus and Mzwanele Manyi

01 September 2022 - 21:53

This week’s court ruling ordering Jacob Zuma to pay back R7.8m to VBS Mutual Bank raises two obvious questions: how is Giggles of Stalingrad planning to scrape together that kind of cash, and will it involve orphaning Carl Niehaus a third time?..

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