Zuma must pay back R15m in taxpayer funds used for personal legal battles, says Maimane
The DA has launched a legal process to force former president Jacob Zuma to pay back more than R15m in taxpayers’ money, which he used to fight "personal" legal battles.DA leader Mmusi Maimane told a media briefing at Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday that any agreements between Zuma and President Cyril Ramaphosa on the state covering Zuma’s legal fees must be made public."We have received confirmation that Zuma paid R15.3m of taxpayers’ money on his personal case‚" said Maimane.He was referring to Zuma’s corruption case in the mid-2000s‚ before he was president‚ which collapsed when the National Prosecuting Authority withdrew charges."It appears that this R15.3m in legal fees was spent irregularly and unlawfully‚ as the case relates to Jacob Zuma in his personal capacity for crimes allegedly committed before he was president‚" Maimane said."He was not a respondent in that case in his capacity as the president of the Republic of South Africa. As such‚ the R15.3m ought to have bee...
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