…Zuma shifted the blame to government officials, saying he did not ask for the renovations and he would not repay…
Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that he did not ask for the multi-million-rand state-funded makeover of his Nkandla home after an ombudsman found that he unduly benefited from the renovations.
The ombudsman said the R246-million spent on the renovations at Zuma’s rural homestead was excessive and ordered him to repay some of the costs.
But in his first public reaction to the damning report released 11 days ago, Zuma shifted the blame to government officials, saying he did not ask for the renovations and he would not repay.
“They did this without telling me,” he was shown saying in local vernacular on the local private television ANN7. “So why should I pay for something I did not ask for?”…
