Monday, November 25, 2013

Pictures of Jacob Zuma's controversial Nkandla compound 'illegal'

After South Africans have been continuously lied to about Jacob Zuma's Nkandla complex, the ANC government now warns taking and distributing pictures of the scandalous place that stands as proof their president is a criminal, is "illegal."
Bdlive.co.za reports the security cluster of ministers in the Cabinet on Thursday warned the media that the publication of pictures of ANC President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla was against the law and appealed for this to stop. The threat is a clear sign that the cluster wants to keep the Nkandla affair out of the headlines.
“It is against the law. We are asking nicely that people no longer do it,” said State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, according to Citypress.co.za.
News24.com reports that national newspapers responded by deliberately publishing photographs of President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead on their front pages on Friday.
Starting with a picture of the complex that is being built with over R200 million stolen from the South African taxpayer, news24 published an album of the newspapers' front pages here.


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