Question NW642 to the Minister of Police
01 April 2016 - NW642
Mhlongo, Mr P to ask the Minister of Police
Whether the report in which he concluded that the President, Mr Jacob G Zuma, does not have to pay anything towards the upgrades at his private residence in Nkandla, relies on any legal standing in law or the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; if not, why is he insisting that he is standing by the specified report; if so, what is the legal or constitutional standing on which the specified report relies?
Reply:
The Minister’s report responded to the ad hoc committee’s report that was adopted by a resolution of the National Assembly during November 2014 in addressing the remedial action made by the Public Protector in paragraph 11 of her report. The Minister insists that he stands by his report because his report has not been jettisoned on the basis of it being factually incorrect, but its legality was tested against the lawfulness of the National Assembly’s instructions and the court decision in that regard is still pending.