President Jacob Zuma has denied owning a "palace" in the United Arab Emirates, his office said on Sunday, after Sunday Times reported that the Gupta family bought him a home in the wealthy Gulf state. Graft accusations in more than 100,000 leaked documents and e-mails last week heaped more pressure on the scandal-plagued Zuma only days after he survived a no-confidence vote by the ANC national executive commitee. Sunday Times reported that several independent sources had told it that the Gupta family had bought Zuma a retirement home for R330m in an upmarket suburb of Dubai.
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