South African President Jacob Zuma faces an impeachment attempt in parliament Tuesday after the country’s top court ruled that he had violated the constitution over spending on his private residence.
The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled last Thursday that Zuma had flouted the constitution by failing to repay some of the money spent on “security upgrades” at his rural home at Nkandla in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.The project, which cost taxpayers $24 million, included a swimming pool,
chicken run, cattle enclosure and an amphitheatre. The impeachment motion was lodged by the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, which drew unflattering comparisons between Zuma and iconic former ANC leader and president, Nelson Mandela.“Jacob Zuma is the cancer at the heart of South African politics; he is not capable of honourable conduct, and cannot continue to be president of our country,” the party said in response to his televised address.
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