This is despite the fact that Zuma supporters have repeatedly argued that the R246-million upgrade to the president’s rural compound was vital to keep him safe.
Less than two years after it was erected, the R6.2-million high-security perimeter fence around the homestead is in a disgraceful state.
The Sunday Times visited Nkandla this week and found parts of the fence entirely broken and other sections patched in makeshift fashion with logs and other objects.
Zuma’s palatial 8.9ha private residence is surrounded by two rings of 3m-high fence – an internal fence that cost R8.2-million and the outer perimeter fence, which is collapsing.
Perimeter security is bolstered by a R1.8-million CCTV camera installation and a kinematic fence detection system that cost just under R1-million, bringing the cost for the perimeter to more than R17 -million.
What is even more shocking is that, even close to Zuma’s main residence within the compound, there is damage to the fence – putting his and his family’s security at risk.
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