Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Download the constitutional court nkandla judgment. One posits that the animal enclosure aka the kraal is also a security feature because it a. On 19 march 2014, she published her socalled nkandla report, which determined that some of the rises were illegal and suggested that president zuma pay back the funds used for. A third parliamentary adhoc committee has been established to deal with spending on security at president jacob zumas nkandla home but opposition parties have strongly objected to the terms. Download the constitutional court nkandla judgment corruption. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi south of the rural town of nkandla in kwazulunatal, commonly referred to as the nkandla homestead has been the subject of considerable controversy. Anc nec decision on eastern cape conference a blow for dlaminizuma camp the president claims that there were political reasons behind the then public protector thuli madonsela s report on nkandla. The nkandla report by thuli madonsela on jacob zumas homestead and the corrupt practices involved there. Below is the full pdf of the nkandla judgement, as well as some selected quotes.
I refer to your correspondence dated 21 august 2014. On the story on nkandla presidential residence 01 october 2012 immediate release we note the contents of the city press article published on september 30th 2012 that makes allegations about renovations and upgrades that have been carried out at the presidents private residence in nkandla. Nkandla has a claim to be the cradle of zulu history. Letter from president zuma to advocate madonsela pdf.
The nkandla report shows how zuma stole your money to build his r246m home. And while the real test will be in how the ruling party takes chief justice mogoeng mogoengs words forward, the country can feel safe in the arms of its constitution. Thuli madonsela achieved in seven years as public protector what few accomplish in a lifetime. Nkandla homestead, the homestead of president jacob zuma. And as mogoeng mogoeng stated, its a day the biblical david fought the well resourced goliath. Public protector thuli madonsela will on wednesday release her final report on nkandla, amid criticism of her work the report s release date was expected to be around february 9, a few days before president jacob zumas stateofthenation address, but madonsela extended the deadline for responses at the request of one of the parties. A report of the public protector found that zuma unduly benefited from these improvements. Jacob zuma could see confiscation of nkandla by state report. Apart from the release of a statement by the presidency on 03. Zuma, the ministers, and the guptas have yet to respond to the damning allegations in the report. Report by the public protector on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province, report no. Madonsela has since left office, with state capture report serving as her parting shot in a seven. From malandela to shaka, to dingane and cetshwayo, nkandla has been at the centre stage of the zulu nations history. Her parents, nomasonto and bafana were both traders.
In her final days in office she compiled the explosive state of capture report and, two years before that, secure in comfort, the report on president jacob zumas nkandla residence. Thulisile nomkhosi madonsela was born in 1962 in soweto. Yes, south africa, our public funds were used to keep cows and chickens at bay. Read the public protectors full nkandla report the citizen. Pdf the rare leadership model, jacob zuma and nkandla. The main opposition party launches a criminal corruption case against zuma. We try get the rhinos to be raised by other rhinos and not by people, its only when theyre really small and there arent any others around that same age because we only get rhinos that have lost their moms to poaching, and we cant dictate when they come in, and how old they are, etc that we interact with. A meeting of the ad hoc committee presidents submission in response to public protectors report on nkandla committee held on 25 september 2014, lead by mr c frolick anc. The report on the r206million security upgrade to president jacob zumas private home at nkandla has been classified top secret. The reck less expenditure of public funds, maladministration, unlawful action and personal enrichment of the he public protectors report on the nkandla pro ject was released a few days before south africa. Thulisile nomkhosi thuli madonsela born 28 september 1962 is a south african advocate and professor of law, holding a chair in social justice at stellenbosch university since january 2018. The private home of former south african president jacob zuma, situated about 24 km 15 mi.
Thuli madonsela, is now at the end of her sevenyear nonrenewable appointment. Media statement public protectors report on nkandla 24 march 2014 the public protector is appointed under the constitution to strengthen constitutional democracy by probing improper conduct and maladministration in state affairs. Kwazulunatal province, the nkandla complex report 25 of 2014. Premium ebooks for free download k53 driving tests practice book. Nkandla genus, a genus of moths in the family tortricidae. Madonsela wrote a letter to zuma dated 21 august 2014, stating that his submission to parliament was not an adequate response to her report and requesting a response to her letter by 4 september 2014. South africa is waiting for public protector thuli madonsela s report on president jacob zumas nkandla private home debacle. In her report of march 2014, she concluded that the five features mentioned above were nonsecurity features and state funds should not have. Thuli madonsela will on wednesday, march 19, 2014 release her final report on an investigation into allegations of maladministration in relation to security installations and upgrades at the private residence of president jacob zuma in nkandla, kwazulunatal. In a scathing judgment delivered today, the constitutional court found that both jacob zuma and the national assembly acted contrary to the constitution in dismissing the findings of the public protector with regard to the nkandla matter. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector. No longer whispering to power stands as a record of the. Madonsela s report is provisional as she has yet to give the interested and affected parties, including zuma, a chance to comment, which may affect her.
She proposed talks with swimming south africa to negotiate free swimming lessons for nkandla s children. Public protectors report on state capture released. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In the constitutional court of south africa case no. Public protector to respond to president zumas nkandla.
Thulisile nomkhosi madonsela south african history online. Read the nkandla sms judgment for yourself court papers. Nov 16, 2012 parliament, november 16 the full response by president jacob zuma to allegations that his private residence nkandla has been built with state funds. I have noted your restatement of the contents of your report titled secure in comfort. Dear advocate madonsela, report to the speaker of the national assembly regarding the security upgrades at the nkandla private residence of his excellency president jacob zuma. Public protector thuli madonsela releases final report on. Public protector thuli madonsela is consulting with her legal team before issuing a response to president jacob zumas proposal to pay back some of the money spent on the upgrades at his nkandla. Local municipalitieskzn286 nkandla kzn286 nkandla audit report 201516. This was published in parliaments list of announcements, tablings, and committee reports for tuesday.
In her report of march 2014, she concluded that the five features mentioned above were nonsecurity features. Executive summary of the research report introduction and rationale this analysis of the news coverage relating to the expenditure on president zumas private home at nkandla is undertaken under the auspices of the media policy and democracy project, a joint collaborative research initiative between the department of. Unfortunately, the head that should be chopped probably wont be. The use of public funds to make improvements to the compound, which were said to be for security reasons. The report s release follows a failed court bid by. Taking notes on leadership from thuli madonsela human rights activist and advocate thuli madonsela has more to offer south africans than her hardline stance on government corruption she embodies a leadership quality that others would do well to emulate. Together for change the report referred to in the sms was compiled by public protector thuli madonsela. President jacob zuma is expanding his remote family homestead at nkandla in rural kwazulunatal for a whopping price of r65million. Read the summary of the judgment here, and download the full document. President zuma nkandla was built by my family and not. Parts of the nkandla report have already been made available to the public thanks to twitter. Public protector the public protector, advocate thuli madonsela, notes police minister nathi nhlekos report to parliament on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private residence in nkandla, kwazulunatal. Taking from the poor to give to the rich funds meant for informal settlement upgrading and urban regeneration diverted to upgrading the presidents home on 19 march 2014, public protector thuli madonsela released her report on the. In her report on the upgrades at the presidents private.
Zuma benefited unduly from nkandla upgrade madonsela. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Secure in comfort a report of the march 2014 public protector 6 by the mail and guardian in an article titled zumas r 65 million nkandla splurge. The public protector has finally released the report on allegations of state capture, having been granted leave to do so by the high court. Click here to read thuli madonsela s statement on the report click here to read the full nkandla report dont have a pdf reader. South africas main opposition party, the democratic alliance da, has laid corruption charges against the president over the use of state money to improve his private rural residence. Follow up letter for job interview sample by kristinenjxe. She proposed talks with swimming south africa to negotiate free swimming lessons for nkandlas children. Mar 31, 2016 and while the real test will be in how the ruling party takes chief justice mogoeng mogoengs words forward, the country can feel safe in the arms of its constitution. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Praised and vilified in equal measures, madonsela has frequently found herself at centre stage in the increasingly fractious south african political scene. Following the nkandla judgment by the south african constitutional court, we present a guide to key events in the debacle as told through various public documents. Thuli madonsela strikes back with force by stephen grootes november 20 in the court of public opinion, legal papers and affidavits with their latin and their length are. The lavish nkandla project cost the taxpayer r246million and dogged the presidents reelection campaign after public protector thuli madonsela found that he had derived undue benefit from it madonsela made public her findings in march in a 450page report and gave zuma 14 days to.
President zuma submits report on nkandla security upgrades. Nkandla residents hurt by the presidents homestead splurge. Overall, this is not how it should work and would not work in many other emerging market countries, said montalto. Jun 21, 20 the report on the r206million security upgrade to president jacob zumas private home at nkandla has been classified top secret. Public protector advocate thuli madonsela to release the final nkandla report. This place is situated in nkandla o, kwazulunatal, south africa, its geographical coordinates are 28 37 0 south, 31 5 0 east and its original name with diacritics is nkandla. Mogoeng mogoengs full nkandla judgment biblical david. Madonsela responds to nhlekos nkandla report corruption. Section 74 gives the public protector full and free access to any information. In her final days in office she compiled the explosive state capture report and, before that, the report on president jacob zumas nkandla residence. She obtained a bachelor of law from the university of swaziland in 1987 and three years later, an llb at wits university. Nkandla local municipality, the local authority that includes the town and surrounds. Concourt judgement on the nkandla matter president jacob zuma has noted and respects the judgement handed down by the constitutional court and its findings relating to the public protector report on nkandla, the presidents homestead.
According to a report in the sunday times, if nkandla is found to have been built with the proceeds of crime, it will be confiscated by the state. Nkandla in a report titled secure in comfort, raining down findings of maladministration, improper. Thuli madonsela during a media briefing to release the report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private. Zuma signed a proclamation on december 18 giving the siu the goahead to investigate intentional or negligent loss of public money at nkandla. She served as the public protector of south africa from 19 october 2009 to 14 october 2016. Zuma benefited unduly from nkandla upgrade madonsela now that public protector thuli madonsela has released her longawaited report on the spending of taxpayers money to upgrade president jacob zumas nkandla homestead, the country waits with bated breath for zumas response, writes legalbrief. In his view the overall impact of the nkandla scandal itself must be separated from the impact of the report itself. For foreign direct investment fdi the report may entrench existing perceptions about corruption, he said. Click here to read thuli madonselas statement on the report. Public works minister thulas nxesi informed parliament. Media statement public protectors report on nkandla. The anc is flip flopping, release the report, classify the report, which indicates that the chickens are running around the nkandla chicken coop with their heads chopped off. President zuma made these comments during an exclusive interview with controversial news channel ann7.
Jan 20, 2014 it is deeply ironic that the anc endorse the nkandla expenditure, when they require that that the media report in a manner that adds value to the national endeavour and reflect on how our. The spinning, mincing, dicing and the report were not allowed to read at first glance public works minister thulas nxesis latest explanations on government spending at president jacob zumas nkandla home do not make any sense. Public protector thuli madonsela announce her findings on the over r200million worth of security upgrades to president jacob zumas private residence in nka. Hot air over nkandla thingsare heating up nicely over the nkandla report. State of capture a report of the public protector 14 october 2016 3 one of the crucial elements of our constitutional vision is to make a decisive break from the unchecked abuse.
Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly. Download all 355 pages of the public protectors state of capture. The bigger they get, the less human interaction they require, the less we intervene. Advocate thuli madonsela has achieved in her seven years as public protector what few accomplish in a lifetime. See nkandla photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of nkandla in south africa. In 1996, she helped draft the final constitution of south africa promulgated by then president nelson mandela. Democratic alliance applicant and the speaker of the national assembly first respondent jacob gedleyihlekisa zuma, the president of the republic of south africa second respondent the minister of police third respondent the public protector fourth respondent.
While the version was potentially subject to change, as. The nkandla report indicates just how far and egregiously we have drifted from our moral, legal and constitutional moorings. The president appreciates and reaffirms the powers of the constitutional court as a. National madonsela exposes the rot at the heart of nkandla. In a divided anc though, things are more likely to fall apart. The public protector on wednesday released her longawaited report on the security upgrades at president jacob zumas private nkandla homestead. Zuma made a submission to parliament on 14 august 2014 regarding madonsela s report on nkandla. He had indicated that the reports all spoke to the same subject matter and the members are free to refer to any report they pleased. Republic of south africa, his excellency j g zuma, at nkandla in the. This follows the release of public protector thuli madonsela s final report on security upgrades amounting to r246million to zumas private home in nkandla in kwazulunatal. May 08, 2016 president jacob zuma may only pay back a fraction of the r246 million spent on his nkandla home, according to a report in the sunday times. This page was last edited on 29 september 2019, at 11. Nov 14, 20 pretoria the presidency is yet to respond to reports that that president jacob zuma has been directly implicated in public protector thuli madonselas report on the states spending of r206m at zumas private nkandla estate.
Section 7 4 gives the public protector full and free access to any information. Praised and vilified in equal measures, madonsela has frequently found herself at. Former president jacob zuma may have his nkandla home taken away as part of the corruption case he faces. Shortly after the publication of madonsela s report, the da sent a bulk text message to gauteng voters ahead of the 2014 general election which reads. Read the summary of the judgment here, and download. Public protectors report on nkandla security upgrades pmg. Feb 09, 2016 president jacob zumas lawyer has conceded that the public protectors findings were binding and her report on nkandla has to be complied with. Nkandla town offers the full array of urban development, albeit at a smaller scale compared to the majority of towns in kwazulunatal. Taking notes on leadership from thuli madonsela gsb. Because this is such an interesting judgment, grubsteeet thought you might like to read it for yourself. The public protector, thuli madonsela, opened an inquiry into the apparent misapplication of country sources.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province. She is of the view that minister nhleko gave the matter his best and that he applied his mind to the issues at hand. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal. Madonsela exposes the rot at the heart of nkandla the.
In a united party, when the leader steps down, the deputy steps up to fill his shoes. President jacob zuma says that there was a political reason behind the public protectors report on nkandla. This is how the world learned, on the first friday in december 2009, the details of extensive work that had recently started at what would later come to be known simply as nkandla. According to this media report the presidents private residence was being improved and upgraded at enormous expense to. Report on an investigation into allegations of impropriety and unethical conduct relating to the installation and implementation of security measures by the department of public works at and in respect of the private residence of president jacob zuma at nkandla in the kwazulunatal province report no 25 of. On 19 march 2014, she released her socalled nkandla report, which found that some of the upgrades. Thuli madonsela s last day in office as public protector is a testament to the kind of employee she has been, even when her high performance. The story of thuli madonsela as public protector is, by definition, the story of south africas recent history. She served as the public protector of south africa from 19 october 2009. Pdf nkandla and affirmative action, business day 2015. Concourt rules for da in nkandla sms saga corruption watch. National madonsela exposes the rot at the heart of nkandla 20 mar 2014 00. Secure in comfort is my report as the public protector of the republic of. Economic freedom fighters v speaker of the national assembly and others.