Did Jacob Zuma know about R8.6 million luxury car purchase for his wives?
26 May 2016
The DA will submit written parliamentary questions to President Jacob Zuma, as well as write to his office, to seek clarity as to whether he had any knowledge of the extravagant purchase, to the tune of R8.6 million, of luxury vehicles for his wives.
We will further enquire as to whether the President or any of his family members made the request for these lavish vehicles from the Department of Police, and whether any request was made for the expenditure to be reasonable given the state of our economy, and high unemployment rate.
It is hard to believe that the President had no knowledge of this purchase, and would not have noticed new vehicles being driven by family members. He cannot rely on his often repeated “angazi” defence again.
South Africans deserve to know how it is that so much money could have been spent on benefiting the President’s family, right under Jacob Zuma’s nose, while 8.9 million people remain jobless.