When Bonelena, a firm nominated to do the major work at Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, was liquidated the IDC intervened to keep the firm going.
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amaBhungane combed through more than 12 000 Dept of Public Works documents. Here is a selection of the most revealing ones…
From the start, the battle over state spending on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla security upgrade has been as much about secrecy as about cost.
Procurement processes were overlooked and cost overruns justified as the team scurried to finish within deadlines imposed by Zuma.
The splurging, the secrecy, the sloppiness – and what the president knew
Read the documents detailing the costs of upgrading President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home.
Documents obtained by amaBhungane on Nkandla show how costs ballooned tenfold as officials scrambled to please President Jacob Zuma.
The release of over 12 000 pages of documents marks a victory in the long battle between amaBhungane and the department of public works.
Despite gaps, the Nkandla files suggest that Jacob Zuma made an input on project decisions.