“Our research reveals that since 2009 President Zuma has spent an inordinate amount of taxpayers’ money on keeping himself from facing justice. This is despite there being no basic services for the millions of South Africans who so deserve them, DA federal executive chairman James Selfe told reporters at a press conference in Port Elizabeth.
Specifically, since November 2013, this included advocate’s fees of R4,795,000; attorney’s fees of R400,000; correspondence fees, etc of R300,000; administration fees of R4000; and cost orders of R1,200,000, among others.
“This is the hallmark of frivolous expenditure for one man. This is set to rise since the president and his cronies at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) take this matter to the Constitutional Court. This is indicative of how much the ANC state has become preoccupied with protecting President Zuma and that alone,” Selfe said.