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S.African youth body wants to put Nkandla matter to rest

Xinhua, September 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nkandla matter should be put to rest as President Jacob Zuma has honored the ruling of the Constitutional Court by paying the non-security upgrades at his private home, the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) said on Tuesday.

"We hope as the ANCYL this will finally put the matter to rest," ANCYL national spokesperson Mlondi Mkhize said in a statement emailed to Xinhua.

"We say this because we know that the enemy of the ANC has been using this matter relentlessly to pit the President against the nation," he said.

The Presidency announced on Monday that Zuma had paid the State more than 7.8 million rand (about 550,000 U.S. dollars), as ordered by the Constitutional Court.

The president raised the amount through a home loan obtained from VBS Mutual Bank on its standard terms, one of the few financial institutions which offer home loans in respect of land owned by traditional authorities, presidential spokesperson Bongani Ngqulunga said.

Zuma was ordered by the Constitutional Court in March 2016 to pay for the non-security upgrades to be determined by the National Treasury.

Over 246 million rand (about 17 million dollars) was allegedly used for the upgrades at Zuma's private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province. Enditem