{"id":117178,"date":"2016-03-31T15:47:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T13:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117178\/twitter-reacts-to-concourts-nkandla-ruling\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T07:14:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T05:14:12","slug":"twitter-reacts-to-concourts-nkandla-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/31\/twitter-reacts-to-concourts-nkandla-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter reacts to Concourt’s Nkandla ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Constitutional Court<\/a> delivered a ruling that President Jacob Zuma acted illegally when he failed to comply with the remedial action set by the public protector Thuli Madonsela.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the pronouncement stating that both Zuma and the National Assembly were in breach of their constitutional obligations after they failed to assist the public protector by complying with her report.<\/p>

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The Concourt ordered the National Treasury<\/a> to report back to it on the amount to be paid by Zuma.<\/p>\n

Madonsela\u2019s 2014 report<\/a> found that some of the features at Zuma\u2019s Nkandla residence included in the R246-million security upgrade were not security features. Some of these features included a fire pool, cattle kraal, visitor\u2019s centre and chicken run.<\/p>

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Read the full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch the full judgement below:<\/p>\n