The state has spent R4m on litigation involving the nonsecurity upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private homestead in Nkandla. This was disclosed in a reply by Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe‚ to a parliamentary question submitted by the DA. "It is a double blow to SA that President Zuma not only appropriated public money to build Nkandla‚ but that millions have been used to defend him and his proclivity to dip into state funds for his own personal use. "It is high time that the ANC-run government stop wasting state funds defending the indefensible‚" James Selfe‚ chairperson of the DA’s federal executive‚ said in a statement. "It has become all too common for the state to pursue frivolous litigation using other peoples’ money. Most recently it was revealed that more than R17m was spent by the Department of Police on political witch-hunts against Johan Booysen‚ Robert McBride‚ Anwa Dramat and Shadrack Sibiya. "We have seen the same wasteful expenditure on defending Mr Hlaudi...
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