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This is a never-ending saga, with government Ministers going to court against the Public Protector. There have now been allegations that photographs of the compound cannot be published, which were then retracted and corrected with a statement that security features cannot be identified. City Press however went out of their way to list all of those security features and some of them to me are quite understandable, such as bullet-resistant glass in the house, and I guess every house needs a high security fence, although at R9,2 million that is quite expensive. It also probably makes sense to have helipads for helicopters to land, but I am not quite sure why President Zuma’s bodyguards need to have Astroturf soccer pitches for them to play on.
One must not forget the R582 million which was spent tarring the P15 road linking Nkandla with Kranskop. The roads had to be upgraded as the 200 km stretch of road to the King Chaka International Airport apparently poses a huge transportation challenge to the President apparently. One must say that this is turning out to be a very expensive endeavour and you will have to hope that our next President lives quite close to major roads, so that they do not all have to be upgraded, which of course the people in the town will always no doubt appreciate also. On the other hand, the outgoing Auditor-General apparently says we lose R30 billion a year as a result of bad spending and the Treasury says corruption is estimated at about R30 a year, so that is R60 billion of taxes a year that is currently being wasted. I think City Press’s editorial was quite important and they said, “The thing is, we are getting used to it. Flip through the newspapers, surf websites or watch television and you will see that levels of impunity are growing … We are growing immune to the corruption. We complain and hate it, but don’t really do anything about it.” R60 billion as they point out could build 670 000 RDP houses a year or let the government give out 5 million free laptops to the next generation of young people.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Wednesday 04-Dec-13
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Sarah said:
on Monday 09-Dec-13 12:59 PM
I am so shock to keep reading about this house. I agree with David comment. Zuma says he is our president but he puts his needs before our country
Sarah said:
on Monday 09-Dec-13 12:58 PM
There is so many hungry kids and homeless kids out there that that money could of helped them so much. I agree with Davis comment. Then he says he is our president but he puts his needs before the country needs.
Alexis said:
on Monday 09-Dec-13 08:27 AM
I am so tired of hearing about this - I heard the other day that we spend 91 million per km in order to make or rebuild a road and in the UK they use about 40 Mil. Makes you wonder where the other 50 mil goes - corruption is rife and it disgust me - when they should be spending money on important things that matter - they spend it on themselves.
salomie said:
on Friday 06-Dec-13 01:48 PM
it's so true, we complain yet nothing is being done, Nothing will change if you don't make the change
Liesl said:
on Friday 06-Dec-13 09:13 AM
If a revolution had to break out against this government I would seriously consider joining it. An entrenched stance needs to be taken against the abuse of public resources. The more they get away with it the worse they get. Corruption in this country has reached crisis proportions. To hell with the alliance gospel of the ANC they are not infallible. Giants fall all the time it just takes one person with the wisdom of know how
Lucretia said:
on Thursday 05-Dec-13 09:53 AM
Zuma is another Mugabe. In Zimbabwe you may not take photo's of Mugabe's residence, not even walk past it. What is Mugabe and Nkandla hiding???? Mbeki was removed from office before his term, I say, remove Zuma before he spends anymore of our money.
Marzelle said:
on Thursday 05-Dec-13 07:38 AM
This matter should have been resolved long ago, but corruption will never stop no matter who we have in parliament or as President.
Nicolle said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 02:03 PM
I'm intrigued with the notion that Angelique has suggested. The concept of having a "Presidential House" that is handed down to each new president.
Thabitha said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 02:01 PM
Now I believe the guy who said everyone in ANC is scared of Zuma even if he is wrong no one is going to act against him.
So ANC is going to protect him because they dont want to be against his corruption, they don't want to be on his wrong side or ANC doesnt want to stop him and what I hate the most people like Gwede Mantashe defended Zuma when one of the celeb was interviewed on the radio station telling people how Zuma is rule them.
Sorea said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 01:48 PM
It is very convenient that the president gets his luxury upgrades while most of the election promises for the last 19 years remain unfulfilled. Now is that not a government to be proud of and admired .... what a joke.
Brumilde said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 01:46 PM
Why is this allowed. 30bil on bad spending. no wonder we are a 3rd world country and seems will always continue to be one
Juliet said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 01:45 PM
The only sad thing about this is the people who should be reading this blog, reading the news, being informed about this, are the ones who need those 5 million laptops in order to gain access and are those who will probably never realize what is going on and so the circle of corruption will continue as will the circle of poverty due to lack of information and therefore misinformed voting decisions. It is well documented how you need to educate your citizens in order to attempt to improve the socio-economics of your country. Painting your own house all pretty colours while your people DO NOT HAVE HOUSES does not help your people!!!!!!!!
Anjelica said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 01:29 PM
This is so shocking, I cannot believe it. How can he act like it's okay to spend so much money on things that aren't even needed. Really don't have anything to say, it's pathetic!
david said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 01:24 PM
our president is a corrupt thief, and the ANC protects him from prosecution. viva ANC viva...
Lorette said:
on Wednesday 04-Dec-13 10:33 AM
I can't believe what I am reading!! It is ridiculous. I have to agree that we are really just getting use to all the wrong things and accepting it as if it should be this way.
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