South African taxpayers have contributed R10-million towards axed deputy president Jacob Zuma’s defence costs, the Star newspaper reports.
The figure was reflected in the Presidency’s revised budget vote in Wednesday’s mini-budget tabled by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
The newspaper reported that the money came from savings as a result of vacant posts in the Presidency.
The government has been mum on how much of Zuma’s defence costs for his corruption trial, since struck off the roll, would be carried by the taxpayer. – Sapa