I thought this was common fact, but apparently we may see Zuma called to account for his latest mistruth.

That’s if Mmusi and the DA get their way, the party leader requesting that Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete demand Zuma explain his statements that his family had not benefited from security upgrades to Nkandla.

Maimane was referring to a Sunday Times exposé that dished the dirt, with the gist below from TimesLive:

The newspaper reported on a dossier compiled by former Department of Public Works deputy director-general Rachard Samuel‚ which contained invoices showing that the state paid for thatching‚ meranti and aluminium doors and window frames‚ tiles‚ paint‚ plastering‚ airconditioning and unexplained “extras”.

Samuel’s dossier reveals that officials involved in the project repeatedly cautioned their political heads that Zuma would have to pay a portion of the costs.

The Sunday Times said it had also seen e-mail exchanges in which junior officials involved in the project warned their superiors that the cost of Nkandla was escalating substantially.

These details, according to Maimane, are concrete proof that Zuma was telling fibs in parliament:

[He] said the “information released by the Sunday Times‚ which was not made available to the public protector during her investigation into Nkandla‚ shows that taxpayers money was spent on Zuma’s private residences in Nkandla including items such as air conditioning‚ aluminium windows‚ paved walkways and even six doormats which each cost R1500”…

“It is unacceptable that Zuma can be allowed to trample on the institution of Parliament by lying to it and by repeatedly evading accountability to the people of South Africa by Parliament‚” said Maimane. “This information adds the growing body of evidence‚ which points to a man who is not fit to serve as president‚ and I again call on the African National Congress to recall Zuma. “South Africa cannot be led by a man who blatantly disregard the rule of law and the Constitution in order to enrich himself and a cabal of people close to him.”

Another day, another party calling for the recall of JZ. Of course the response was predictable:

Zuma’s spokesman‚ Bongani Majola‚ told The Sunday Times that the president reiterated that his residence in Nkandla was built and paid for by the Zuma family.

Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt…

[source:timeslive]

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