S. Africa Opposition Hails Demand for Zuma to Pay for Home Upgrade

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is expected to pay half a million dollars to the treasury following a Constitutional Court ruling that said he should pay part of the $16 million of public funds used to renovate his private home in Nkandla. The court also asked the country’s national treasury to determine how much Zuma has to pay for the upgrade to his private home. The president has 45 days to pay the $500,000 as determined by the treasury. Parliamentarian Jordan Lewis from...

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