Government’s decision to afford the media access to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead represents a move in the right direction for transparency and accountability, according to the Right 2 Know campaign’s, Dale McKinley. Journalists from a number of media houses were given an official tour of Zuma’s residence on Sunday,[…]
The ANC’s three-day lekgotla held in Pretoria at the weekend did not go into detailed discussions about President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home following an in loco inspection by Parliament’s ad hoc committee, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday. “It was not an issue for major discussion in the lekgotla,”[…]
The chief firefighter of Umhlathuze and his firemen demonstrated to journalists on Sunday morning how a pool of water could be used to extinguish fires at the Nkandla homestead. General Mondli Bethuel Zuma showed journalists the “firepool”, which was covered by a safety net normally used to prevent drowning. News24’s Amanda[…]
Chairperson of the Nkandla ad hoc committee, Cedrick Frolick, on Thursday strongly defended President Jacob Zuma, saying that a damning police memo that suggested Zuma authorised the renovations in Nkandla needed to be interrogated. “I do not share the same views that there are serious allegations, all of a sudden,[…]
Outspoken ANC MP Thandi Mahambehlala on Thursday attacked Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report, saying that it was misleading. “All these things [we are discussing] are mentioned in the public protector’s report as unduly benefiting the president. Mahambehlala said that she was traumatised by the fact that a person in[…]
A visit to President Jacob Zuma’s private residence revealed that the homestead was not worth the price tag, the Nkandla ad hoc comittee chairperson said on Wednesday afternoon. Cedric Frolick was speaking to the media outside the president’s homestead in KwaNxamalala village in Nkandla shortly after conducting an in loco[…]
The much talked about “firepool” at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home is also a “recreational facility”, the ANC’s Cedric Frolick said after inspecting the multi-million rand compound. “What we saw in front of us is a pool… a pool is a pool,” he told journalists after an inspection by parliament’s[…]
The SA National Editors’ Forum has expressed its shock over the refusal to allow the media to accompany a parliamentary committee visiting President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home on Wednesday. In a letter to Cedric Frolick, chairperson of the Nkandla ad hoc committee, Sanef said it believed it had a duty to[…]
Security at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence needs to be re-evaluated due to the public scrutiny it has come under, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko said on Tuesday. In addition, the cost of the upgrades could still increase as the investigation had forced some of the work to be halted, he[…]
A request by the media to visit President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence, with parliamentary committee members, has been denied. Media24 made a special request to the parliamentary ad hoc committee on Nkandla for permission to accompany it when it visits the president’s house on July 22. The committee’s inspection of[…]
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