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Nkandla
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Nkandla’s Development – Incredible Photo Gallery
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the report by the Public Protector finally out, let’s take a walk down memory lane and see where R246 million ended up being spent. Nkandla’s humble beginnings to the extravagant compound that it has become, have been documented in a series of photographs.
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“A Thief, A Fool, And A Zulu Man Who Was Incapable Of Managing The Affairs Of His Kraal”
20 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The “Secure in Comfort” report by the Public Protector is over 400 pages of devastating findings, that will in most likelihood be used as loo paper by the government. The ANC refuses to see it at all. Even if the results end up being benign, as journalist Richard Poplank puts it, Zuma “will be forever remembered as a thief, a fool, and a Zulu man who was incapable of managing the affairs of his kraal.”
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It’s Official: ‘Unethical’ President Zuma Misled Parliament
19 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found President Jacob Zuma has misled Parliament when he claimed the Zuma family paid for the costs of buildings in Nkandla.
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Monday Morning Spice
13 Jan 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
French First Lady in hospital following husband’s affair. License to kill near-extinct black rhino sold. Cannibalism as CAR implodes. Rubber bullets and tear gas in Nkandla. Wolrd First Bitcoin insured vault launches. Tina Fey grills Leo at Globes.
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New Corruption Index Shows SA Alongside Serbia And Brazil
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the ANC was busy pointing fingers at Thuli Madonsela for leaking the Nkandla report, South Africa slipped to its lowest-ever spot on the global corruption charts.
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New Zuma Reports Expose ‘Gross Misconduct, Deceit Unlawful Acts And Outright Corruption’
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Public protector, Thuli Madonsela, has come through with the goods yet again. This time, they come in the form of three damning reports that expose gross misconduct, deceit, unlawful acts and outright corruption at the highest level of government.
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The Nkandla Report Is Finished – And So Is Brother Jacob
29 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thuli Madonsela, you biscuit. The public protector’s provisional Nkandla report has found that our president has “derived substantial personal benefit from works that exceeded security needs,”and must repay the state.
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Old vs. New Aerial Photos Of Nkandla Show Radical Scope Of Development #mindblowing
25 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In what is yet another flagrant disregard of the government’s supposed ban on publishing pictures of JZ’s Nkandla residence, Eye Witness News has unearthed photos that reveal just how much work has gone into our president’s compound.
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Today’s Mission – #TwitPicNkandla
22 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The government security cluster has advised members of the media and the public that publishing pictures of Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead could lead to arrest. Thus far the reply has been a resounding “bring it on”. We’d like to add our voice to that chorus.
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Finally: Nkandla Files Are Released In All Their Glory
05 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Mail & Guardian’s investigative journalism unit, amaBhungane, have uncovered over 12,000 pages of a report by the Department of Public Works on “Project A” – the construction and upgrade of Jacob Zuma’s R210 million Nkandla Homestead. The documents describe, as expressed by the Mail & Guardian, “an orgy of kowtowing”
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Security At Zuma’s Homestead Cost 260% More Than A Brand New Jail
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Democratic Alliance MP, Anchen Dreyer revealed before the House of Parliament on Thursday that R117 million had been spent on security at Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead. Consider that R45 million was spent to construct a top of the range jail in Kimberly last year. That’s 260% more spent on one man, than a criminal incarceration […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
14 Mar 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Pope Francis will shake things up. Parliament set for Nkandla report. Protesters threaten to burn the Gautrain (nice one). Pornographic tourism logos under fire. Bernie wants women in F1. Qantas passengers get iPads. And the hardest partying nation on earth is..
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Wednesday Morning Spice
20 Feb 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Report links Chinese military’s hacks against the US. Massive airport diamond heist. Zuma’s home compared to Hitler’s. Prince sells A380 ‘flying palace.’ iPhone update fixes email and battery life. BBC apologises for Pistorius-related Hendrix song. Pippa’s new guy.
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WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa On The Future Of South Africa, The Lonmin Massacre, And Zuma’s Residence [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cyril Ramaphosa appeared on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour show last night, and gave a frank and wide ranging interview, covering a mix of subjects including the general state of South Africa and our prospects as a nation, a retrospective of the Lonmin Massacre, and the implications of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence. The interview is excellent […]
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Black South Africans Refute Zuma’s “Dogs Part Of White Culture” Claims [PICS]
28 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday South Africans were shocked to hear that President Jacob Zuma thinks that buying pets are part of “white culture.” He added that people who love dogs more than people have “a lack of humanity”.
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Jacob Zuma Sits Down With The Telegraph [VIDEO]
07 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
President Jacob Zuma has given the British some good face time in preparation for the ANC’s electoral conference beginning next week. He even spoke about Nkandla.
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Thursday Morning Spice
22 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
BONDGATE: ANC getting angry now. Lance Armstrong stripped of honorary degree. Guess who’s pregnant? Windows 8 sales report. Koos Bekker joins Forbes list. Israel, Hamas ceasefire. Pope changes nativity scene dynamics. New Hollywood sex tape.
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FNB: We Couldn’t Have Given Zuma A Bond
21 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
First off, even if FNB had given Zuma a bond for his compound, and he’d defaulted on payment, they’d have had no claim because Zuma doesn’t actually own the land – so we’re quite sure they would’ve known that.
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Visibly Upset Zuma Denies Government Funded His Home [VIDEO]
16 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A visibly upset Jacob Zuma yesterday emphatically denied that government had been building residences for him. Zuma also said he felt “aggrieved” by a decision by the DA to visit and take photographs of his private residence.
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SABC Banned From Saying “Nkandlagate”, “Compound” And “Homestead”
07 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jimi Matthews, acting head of the SABC’s news division, has told his staff that they may not use phrases like “Nkandlagate”, “compound”, and “Homestead” when referring to President Jacob Zuma’s lavish thatch palace.
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Malema: “South Africa Should Learn From Zimbabwe”
17 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Speaking to students at the University of Limpopo, our favourite fallen from grace ex-political figure said that South Africa should be taking its cues from Zimbabwe when it comes to staging a successful revolution. This comment comes after a visit to Zimbabwe by Malema over the weekend.
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Public Protector Opens Investigation Into Nkandla
08 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, has opened an investigation into allegations surrounding the publicly funded construction at the private residence of President Jacob Zuma in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
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Taxpayers To Pay For “Zumaville”
03 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mail and Guardian reported today that the government is building South Africa’s first new town at a cost of R2-billion town in President Jacob Zuma’s home village of Nkandla, and taxpayers will be footing half the bill.
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