The corruption case against ANC president Jacob Zuma has so far cost the taxpayer well over R60-million.
A senior NPA official told the Sunday Times this week the Zuma case was the most expensive in the history of the prosecuting authority. “I can confirm the cost is well beyond R50-million,” he said.
The Presidency has said it has paid more than R10-million for Zuma’s defence. The state is paying because he was in government at the time of the alleged offences.
NPA spokesman Tlali Tlali said yesterday the cost of the Zuma case would be revealed tomorrow when the NPA announces its decision on whether the charges against Zuma will be dropped.
The investigation against Zuma started seven years ago. Although it has led to the conviction of his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik, the ANC president himself has never set foot in the dock.
The NPA assembled a team of senior prosecutors and Scorpions investigators to focus on the Zuma case. Led by Billy Downer SC, the team travelled beyond the country’s borders in search of evidence.
The biggest cost for the NPA arose from a series of legal challenges brought by Zuma.
One of the senior advocates hired by the NPA, Wim Trengove SC, said yesterday his fees range from R15,000 to R30,000 a day.
- Sunday Times
If after reading this you are wondering what this has to do with housing delivery, well aside from the money spent on arms which could have gone to providing services for housing, this money could have gone further but Madam M3 herself is clearly doing something else other THAN HER JOB. She's spending South African's money on legal aid... ...another 2 humans died in shack fires last night with 500 left homeless; by the way...
A senior NPA official told the Sunday Times this week the Zuma case was the most expensive in the history of the prosecuting authority. “I can confirm the cost is well beyond R50-million,” he said.
The Presidency has said it has paid more than R10-million for Zuma’s defence. The state is paying because he was in government at the time of the alleged offences.
NPA spokesman Tlali Tlali said yesterday the cost of the Zuma case would be revealed tomorrow when the NPA announces its decision on whether the charges against Zuma will be dropped.
The investigation against Zuma started seven years ago. Although it has led to the conviction of his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik, the ANC president himself has never set foot in the dock.
The NPA assembled a team of senior prosecutors and Scorpions investigators to focus on the Zuma case. Led by Billy Downer SC, the team travelled beyond the country’s borders in search of evidence.
The biggest cost for the NPA arose from a series of legal challenges brought by Zuma.
One of the senior advocates hired by the NPA, Wim Trengove SC, said yesterday his fees range from R15,000 to R30,000 a day.
- Sunday Times
If after reading this you are wondering what this has to do with housing delivery, well aside from the money spent on arms which could have gone to providing services for housing, this money could have gone further but Madam M3 herself is clearly doing something else other THAN HER JOB. She's spending South African's money on legal aid... ...another 2 humans died in shack fires last night with 500 left homeless; by the way...In Zuma’s corner: Minister of housing Lindiwe Sisulu ensured that former judge Willem Heath, right, was secured to provide legal advice...- M&G
A “brains trust” of legal and academic experts is helping the ANC devise a strategy to get its president, Jacob Zuma, off the hook -- possibly by closing all investigations and prosecutions relating to the controversial arms deal for good.
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