Zuma must pay back the money - ConCourt
31 March 2016
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has given President Jacob Zuma just over three months to pay back the money for some of the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
"The National Treasury must determine the reasonable costs of those measures implemented by the department of public works at the president's Nkandla homestead that do not relate to security...," Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ruled on Thursday, in a unanimous Constitutional Court judgment.
He said the National Treasury should to determine a "reasonable percentage", which ought to be paid back personally by Zuma.
The Treasury had to report back within 60 days of the Constitutional Court's order.