CORRECTING THE MISCONCEPTIONS AROUND NKANDLA INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS
The Presidency rejects the ongoing campaign of linking every development around Nkandla village to the person of President Jacob Zuma.
Yesterday, 10 October, the media reported on a road construction launched by the KZN MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mr Willies Mchunu, which they claimed cost R582 million, and attributed to the President.
Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal is one of 23 districts identified by government for interventions due to deep levels of poverty, scientifically established through investigation.
It is mischievous and inaccurate to insinuate that the road was constructed because of favouritism as the President lives there.
The road construction and infrastructure development referred to is part of a programme that was started as early as 2003 by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government. The then KZN Transport MEC Mr Sbusiso Ndebele unveiled the popular African Renaissance Roads Upgrading Programme to "spend more than a billion rand on roads, roads and more roads".