Zuma thinks he is a chief and we are his subjects - Vavi
31 March 2016
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma thinks he is a chief and South Africans are his subjects, former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday.
"[He is] entitled to that R250m... he liberated us, he went to prison, he went to exile. Why are we complaining about small change of money?" Vavi told reporters after the Constitutional Court ruling on the Nkandla matter.
"That is what I think is in his mind, that he is the chief and we are the subjects."
Vavi was speaking following the court's unanimous ruling that Zuma and the National Assembly breached the Constitution when they ignored Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's remedial action that Zuma repay a portion of R246m spent on so-called security upgrades to his Nkandla home.