DA lays charges at the Nkandla crime scene [National Spokesperson Mmusi Maimane led a DA delegation to the scene of the crime in Nkandla today to lay criminal charges of corruption against the President following the release of the Public Protectors report yesterday.] Criminal charges have been laid against President Jacob Zuma at the scene of the crime in Nkandla. There can be no doubt that this Nkandla palace was built on corruption by the President, and for the President – with our money. That is why the charges laid against the President today are for the crime of Corruption. Corruption in all its forms is criminalized by the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act, signed into law by President Mbeki in 2004. President Mbeki fired Zuma for his relationship with Schabir Sheik, prior to Zuma winning political power that would ensure he did not have his day in court. These corruption charges we lay today are in addition to the 783 counts of corruption, money laundering and fraud that the DA is still in court fighting for President Zuma to answer to. The Public Protectors findings leave no doubt that President Zuma is guilty of a Chapter 2 criminal violation of this Act, as described in section 4 (1) and (2). A full list of recommended criminal charges as submitted by the DA to the SAPS in Nkandla can be found in the DA website. Zuma did more than just wilfully accept undue gratification and material benefits according to the Public Protector. The President was in fact the central driving force behind the entire R246 million process of luxurious upgrades to his personal home, using public money. The Public Protector clearly found that the President personally appointed service providers, without going to tender, to build extensive luxuries including a cattle kraal, chicken run, Visitors Centre, amphitheatre, swimming pool and extensive paving. The Public Works Department are on record in the report citing this as a key reason why they did not go to tender. The President did not object to these luxuries which the Public Protector found to be outside the original security evaluation and Minimum Standards Allowance designated for his Office. In exchange for the material benefits received by the President at Nkandla, the contractors he appointed made millions themselves. By Extension, every senior official in every government department who had knowledge of this corruption and supported it or did nothing about it, is also guilty of a crime according to section 34 of the Prevention and Combatting of Corrupt Activities Act. The police therefore have a duty to extend these criminal corruption charges to all implicated Ministers and officials as well. That is why these criminal charges were laid in full view of this palace of corruption called Nkandla, typified by the Zuma Presidency. This place will forever be a symbol of grand corruption and a crime against the Constitution and the people of South Africa. The opulence of Nkandla now stands amidst a sea of poverty on a hilltop in rural KZN so that all South Africans can forever look upon this crime, and never forget its face. May our land never see the likes of it again.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:31:06 +0000
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