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| President Jacob Zuma: File/photo |
Africa News – South African President, Jacob Zuma, says he
has been cleared from accusations blaming him for the lavish R250 million
(about $22 Million) in security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead.
The
escalation of costs in Zuma’s home security upgrades have turned into a major
controversy of his presidency.
In a recorded interview with SABC, Zuma specified that all
the three reports that looked into the matter did not find any wrong doing on
his part.
Referring to himself in third person, President Zuma said “The
reality is, the president did absolutely nothing wrong”. “There is not a single
one (report) that found anything wrong that the president had doene”, he
continued.
According to him, even the report done by Public Protector
Thuli Madonsela had not found any fault in him.
The Madonsela report indicated that President Zuma and his
family had unduly benefited from some of the upgrades conducted at his home,
suggesting that he should personally pay back some money.
In response to that, he said “But the president did ask for
any benefits from anyone”.
At the time of the interview with SABC, Zuma was still
awaiting report from a committee that was set to look into Madonsela’s report
before deciding on the next step.
It emerged that the security upgrades at the President’s
home included a pool (referred to as the firepool), a chicken run, and an amphitheater.
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