PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma’s lawyers on Tuesday
asked judges of the Constitutional Court to avoid issuing an order that
could be used for Mr Zuma’s impeachment after a huge climbdown on the
Nkandla scandal.
The lawyers conceded that Mr Zuma was bound by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s directive that he pay back some of the R246m spent unnecessarily on upgrades to his Nkandla home.
By making the concession, Mr Zuma has, in a single stroke, wiped out the work of several official investigations and two parliamentary ad hoc committees that had exonerated him.
The lawyers conceded that Mr Zuma was bound by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s directive that he pay back some of the R246m spent unnecessarily on upgrades to his Nkandla home.
By making the concession, Mr Zuma has, in a single stroke, wiped out the work of several official investigations and two parliamentary ad hoc committees that had exonerated him.
