More revelations of overspending on the security upgrades at former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead emerged at the Special Tribunal hearing for the SIU’s application to recoup R155 million from the project’s architect.
More revelations of overspending on the security upgrades at former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead emerged at the Special Tribunal hearing for the Special Investigating Unit’s application to recoup R155 million from the project’s architect.
The witness testifying before the tribunal yesterday detailed how the security upgrades had been done at the homes of previous presidents and how, in the case of security-related aspects at Zuma’s residence, a lot of incurred expenditure was unauthorised and that Makhanya strayed away from his mandate.
She told the tribunal that staff accommodation was not a security requirement by SAPS and Makhanya did not get written approval from the director-general and that the overdesigns were not actioned by any prior written approval from the director-general. Also emerging from the tribunal was that a R3 million visitors lounge was also included in the plan despite not initially identified by the SAPS and the SANDF in the initial assessment report, while in addition there was also a control room which cost R2.5 million, despite also not being in the SAPS and SANDF initial assessment report.
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