DA to ask High Court to compel Zuma to answer on 'spy tapes' costs
6 November 2017
Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance is to approach the Western Cape High Court to compel President Jacob Zuma to answer a question on the "spy tapes" case.
The DA said on Monday that Zuma avoided accountability in Parliament last week when he refused to answer a question about the legal costs of the infamous "spy tapes" saga.
Rather than giving an answer in rands, Zuma said that the president, like any other employee of the state, was entitled to defend at taxpayers' expense through the State Attorney Act.
But the DA says that the president's refusal to answer amounted to an insult.