Despite gaps, files suggest that President Jacob Zuma made an input on Nkandla project decisions.
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.
Jacob Zuma’s share of the ‘security-related’ costs has been whittled down steadily – at the state’s expense.
How did the government decide that it would spend more than R200-million on President Jacob Zuma’s private home?
The release of over 12 000 pages of documents marks a victory in the long battle between amaBhungane and the department of public works.
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi has denied saying State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele classified a report on the upgrade of Jacob Zuma’s home.
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has denied classifying the report into the R206-million upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
President Jacob Zuma pays a measly R800 to lease his 8.9 hectare Nkandla compound, say reports, and this agreement is in place for 40 years.
A report into spending on President Jacob Zuma’s private home at Nkandla will be discussed behind closed doors, says the DA.
After a 10-year battle with the state, a 60-year-old former teacher can now receive her hard-earned pension, following the public protector’s report.
South Africans are crying out for real leadership because they are not getting it from President Jacob Zuma, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
The M&G can reveal that China’s relationship with its smaller Brics cousin has just become a lot more cosy, with a rural residence for its president.
President Jacob Zuma has declined to "discuss the details" of the public works department’s R206-million security upgrade to his Nkandla homestead.
The DA claims the state paid 260% more on President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla than it did in securing a new prison in the Northern Cape.
The report from the task team appointed to probe spending at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead will be tabled in Parliament.
The public works department is taking steps to curb corruption and collusion, says Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan failed to mention a single word about the R206-million spent on President Jacob Zuma’s residence at Nkandla.
Secrecy, impropriety and the failure of accountability coil around each other in a triple helix of misgovernance.
Deputy Public Works Minister Jeremy Cronin says Parliament needs to look at the National Key Points Act as it could be unconstitutional.
President Jacob Zuma’s rural homestead in Nkandla will not undergo further upgrades as was reported on Tuesday.
The state intends to fund further upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s rural homestead in Nkandla, says Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
The expansion of President Jacob Zuma’s homestead could be compared to that of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s, suggests Cope’s leader.
Corruption seems to have become the norm and if big business can’t keep its hands off public funds, can South Africans expect government to do so?
The R206-million spent on security at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla estate was not budgeted for the department of public works has said.
The reasons for the state spending such a staggering sum on President Jacob Zuma’s home are clearly of profound public interest.
The R206-million security upgrade to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home, in KwaZulu-Natal, is "grotesque", says Cosatu.
The Act government has used to back its funding of the security upgrades to Nkandla holds the owner of the national key point liable for the costs.
A public works report detailing the costs for President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home, in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed nothing new, says Cosatu.
Thuli Madonsela’s investigation into the upgrade of Jacob Zuma’s rural home will continue despite the outcomes of a public works report on the matter.
The M&G is publishing a letter that dispels Thulas Nxesi’s insistence that Jacob Zuma knew nothing of the R200-million upgrades to his Nkandla home.
No state funds were used to upgrade President Jacob Zuma’s private rural residence in Nkandla, says Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi.