The state is not paying President Jacob Zuma’s rates and taxes on his private home in Nkandla, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi told the National Council of Provinces on Wednesday. Nxesi moved to clarify the nature of government services deployed at Zuma’s private home, including police units and personnel from the Department of Health. More than R240m in public funds was spent upgrading the property. Since former public protector Thuli Madonsela released her report into the nonsecurity upgrades, the government’s spending on and presence at the property have undergone scrutiny, with reports saying that spending of public funds on the home would continue. "Maintenance to the state facilities used by SAPS [South African Police Service] will come from the maintenance budgets," said Nxesi. He said when government department personnel were deployed in or at Nkandla’s assets, or used resources such as electricity, the Department of Public Works would have to pay the cost and claim the m...
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