DA leader Mmusi Maimane criticised the scope of the upgrades to Jacob Zuma’s residence ahead of the parliamentary committee’s deliberations.
Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on Nkandla has begun its in loco inspection of President Jacob Zuma’s private home.
This week will see Parliament’s Nkandla ad-hoc committee pay a visit to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead in KwaZulu-Natal.
The police minister called it a firepool, but Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter said his swimming pool was not built with taxpayers’ money.
The law clearly states that even essential security measures must be paid for by the owner of the property, even if he has not agreed to the upgrade.
It’s time to stop the fantastic story of how wonderful South Africa is and start working towards making this a reality.
The five parties want the public protector’s report on upgrades to the president’s home to be included in the ad hoc committee’s programme.
Whether and what further security features were added to President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla would be decided by security experts alone.
The mass-murdering president of Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir, is (believe it or not) hiding at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
Readers write in about Nkandla and the National Development Plan.
If Zuma was the little piggy in the nursery rhyme, he would laugh all the way to Nkandla. But what does it all mean, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
It’s a mystery why Police Minister Nathi Nhleko would invite close scrutiny of his Nkandla report.
The president appears impervious to the effect of his outrageous remarks and behaviour.
A low-key case of repayment in the Eastern Cape shows how Nkandla should have been handled, writes Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
How much is enough? What will be the tipping point for those of us who are law-abiding, concerned citizens?
Opposition parties urge the ANC to "do the right thing" by agreeing to the amendment and to avoid "looking like fools protecting the president".
President Jacob Zuma’s controversial fire pool at his Nkandla homestead could be put to good use, writes Sthembiso Sithole.
Despite the outcry over Jacob Zuma’s extensive upgrades to his Nkandla homestead, the police minister has found all upgrades were necessary.
Unintentionally hilarious videos "proved" that Zuma needs a fire pool, animal enclosures, visitor centre and amphitheatre. It’s a matter of security.
The president downplayed demands that he address Nkandla and release the Marikana report during his response to the presidency budget vote debate.
The fall of apartheid’s structures has allowed fiction to explore a range of social issues.
The question of when Zuma will pay back the money may still arise during the president’s question and answer session on Thursday.
Based on Thuli Madonsela’s report, the DA has calculated that Zuma is liable for at least an amount of R52.9-million for the non-security upgrades.
President Jacob Zuma steeled himself for his first oral question session of the year, and hit back at his critics over Nkandla and dodging Parliament.
The president has said he is waiting for the minister of police to determine if he benefited unduly from the upgrades before paying back any money.
Analysts feel that President Jacob Zuma may once again duck the main issues, but know what they think he should say.
The narrow focus on Nkandla misses the point of the rot that lies at the heart of the ANC’s patronage engine, writes Philip Machanick.
Readers are divided about President Zuma and have their say about patriotism and Nkandla.
The public needs to know that the disciplinary hearings of department of public works employees are legitimate.
The distances the kids next door have to cover to get to school are lost on Zuma, who is blindly feathering his nest, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
The Guardian reported Mbeki believed Zuma was wrong to not answer the EFF’s question about Nkandla, but his office says it was a misinterpretation.
The presidency invited South Africans on social media to recommend topics for Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address – and we obliged.