On the R206 million spent on his Nkandla homestead, he repeated the risible assertion that the upgrades were paid for by his family (how did they manage that?) and that the government contributed only to security arrangements.
He fobbed off questions about how Ma Khumalo Zuma’s tuck shop, a soccer field, and a lift were security matters, which they obviously are not.
Zuma’s denial about the presidency ever receiving a letter from former Public Works Minister Gwen Mahlangu Nkabinde about expenditure on Nkandla stretches credulity.
President Jacob Zuma’s performance in Parliament on Wednesday was a master class in evasiveness, obfuscation and self-satisfaction, indicating he doesn’t give a toss what critics think.
His attempt to question the authenticity of the letter, displayed in Parliament by the DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko, is another weak effort to ridicule legitimate concerns about his probity.
The president told MPs they should wait for the outcome of a report by the Public Works Department before seeking answers on Nkandla.
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi informed Parliament that the report will soon be tabled, asking that it be treated with sensitivity.
This is all part of a ruse because the ANC in Parliament has already said it does not want the report to be discussed in the open.
In other words, what Zuma is suggesting is that we should all keep quiet about Nkandla until the tabling of a report whose contents will not be divulged.
This doesn’t make sense. Nkandla is a scandal that won’t go away.
More than R200 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent in dubious ways, including the likely inflation of prices by dodgy contractors.
The truth will out, despite Zuma.
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