It is the seat of the nkandla local municipality, and the district in which the residence of the former president of south africa, jacob zuma is located. Nkandla report thuli madonsela jacob zuma internet archive. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi south of the rural town of nkandla in kwazulunatal, commonly referred to as the nkandla homestead has been the subject of considerable controversy. The jsci further pronounced that, should the ag find any. A report of the public protector found that zuma unduly benefited from these improvements and the constitutional court subsequently.
Nkandla is a town in the uthungulu district of kwazulunatal, south africa. Pdf scholarly and journalistic work on the critical state of. Johannesburg the nkandla report will likely be unfavourably viewed by potential foreign direct investors, warned peter attard montalto, emerging markets economist at nomura. The unbearable lightness of being a nkandla report critic. The use of public funds to make improvements to the compound, which were said to be for security reasons, which cost over r246 million led to significant.
President jacob zuma says that there was a political reason behind the public protectors report on nkandla. Nkandla report the incontrovertible facts no smokescr. Apart from the release of a statement by the presidency on 03. A view of president jacob zumas homestead nkandla in kwazulunatal. Nkandla news, research and analysis the conversation. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption. Nkandla residents hurt by the presidents homestead splurge. Local municipalitieskzn286 nkandlakzn286 nkandla audit report 201516.
Report by the public protector on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province, report no. Certain incontrovertible facts about the nkandla scandal are very difficult to ignore or explain. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province report no 25 of. Good morning ladies and gentlemen at its meeting of 4 december 20, cabinet resolved to release to the public the ministerial task team report on the security installation at president jacob zumas nkandla private residence. Thuli madonsela strikes back with force by stephen grootes november 20 in the court of public opinion, legal papers. The residence is located 40 kilometres to the south of the town of nkandla, beyond the nkandla forest and on the road to kranskop. These facts stand independent of the content of the alleged leaked report of the public protector. The public protector is still to present a final report.
Report by the minister of police to parliament on security. The nkandla report by thuli madonsela on jacob zumas homestead and the corrupt practices involved there. Report on an investigation in to allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province. Paragraph 11 of the presidents report reads as follows. A special parliamentary ad hoc committee releases a report exonerating zuma from paying for nonsecurity related features at nkandla on the basis that they were broadly speaking security features. Task team investigation report on security measures at. As the public protector report on nkandla makes abundantly clear, the president was intimately involved in and had.
Read the full nkandla report while public works minister thulas nxesi and defence minister nosiviwe mapisanqakula were not directly implicated in the report, it was their departments that were responsible for building and justifying the project. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi. According to this media report the presidents private. Public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, has just wrapped up her reading of the controversial nkandla report at the public protector house. Browse nkandla news, research and analysis from the conversation. Report on an investigation into allegations of the misappropriation of public funds, improper conduct and maladministration in connection with expenditure incurred in preparation for the funeral of former president nelson rolihlahla mandela executive summary i this is a report of the public protector issued in terms of section 1821 b of. Opposition parties have accused president jacob zuma of being at the centre of one of the biggest corruption scandals in democratic south africa, after reports that. In her report of march 2014, she concluded that the five features mentioned above were nonsecurity features and state funds should not. What this means is that this committee was not established because there is an siu report or an nkandla scandal. Click here to read thuli madonselas statement on the report. Download the constitutional court nkandla judgment. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector.
Read the public protectors full nkandla report the citizen. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal. Executive summary of the research report introduction and rationale this analysis of the news coverage relating to the expenditure on president zumas private home at nkandla is undertaken under the auspices of the media policy and democracy project, a joint collaborative research initiative between the department of. The public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. Jacob zuma accused of corruption on a grand scale in. The task team report recommended that matters relating to the allocation of tenders and appointment of contractors be referred to the office of the auditorgeneral for a full forensic investigation. Zuma benefited unduly from nkandla upgrade madonsela now that public protector thuli madonsela has released her longawaited report on the spending of taxpayers money to upgrade president jacob zumas nkandla homestead, the country waits with bated breath for zumas response, writes legalbrief. Task team investigation report on security measures at nkandla. The proposed nkandla smart growth development final basic assessment report the ingonyama trust board eia reference number. The public protector on wednesday released her longawaited report on the security upgrades at president jacob. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector 6 by the mail and guardian in an article titled zumas r 65 million nkandla splurge. The public prosecutors report is therefore very much part of the nkandla saga. My family homestead is located some 24 kilometres south of nkandla town centre.
Like any judgment in a court of law, a report of the public protector is not above criticism. The public protector of the republic of south africa launched an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security and related measures at the private residence of the president of the republic of south africa at nkandla. Read the summary of the judgment here, and download the full document. Source document contributed to sourceafrica by susan comrie carte blanche.
Pdf the rare leadership model, jacob zuma and nkandla. The ancs parliamentary chief whip jackson mthembu says it was a spectacular own goal to refuse to implement the public protectors nkandla report. Executive summary of the research report introduction and rationale this analysis of the news coverage relating to the expenditure on president zumas private home at nkandla is undertaken under the auspices of the media policy and democracy project, a joint. Public protectors report on nkandla security upgrades pmg. Committee report on report by president on nkandla. The court had earlier asked the finance ministry to provide a report on how much it believed zuma should pay.
She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best and that he applied his mind to. Nkandla report full press conference examining the debate surrounding president jacob zumas private homestead at nkandle share your thoughts on the debate in. President jacob zuma has consistently claimed to know little about the taxpayerfunded aspects of the construction at his homestead near nkandla. Nkandla local municipality is situated in a remote area of breathtaking mountainous beauty, and consists mainly of tribal lands and stateowned land.
Constitutional court of south africa case cct 7617 in the matter between. Zuma benefited unduly from nkandla upgrade madonsela. Although it is a criminal offence to insult the public protector or to say anything about an investigation that would have constituted contempt of court if it had been said of court proceedings. Public works minister thulas nxesi informed parliament. At this time it is not possible to print the document with annotations. The report on the r206million security upgrade to president jacob zumas private home at nkandla has been classified top secret. That is the main finding of madonselas 355page report titled state of. My response to the three nkandla reports jacob zuma.
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