President Zuma to refund partly government money used to upgrade his personal house

South African President, Jacob Zuma, has proposed to partly pay for controversial state-funded improvements to his rural home.
Zuma office said in a statement on Wednesday in Johannesburg that it was left for the auditor-general and finance minister to determine how much money he was liable to pay
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said in a 2014 report that Zuma had “benefited unduly” from some of the upgrades that cost nearly $15.3 million and included a cattle enclosure and amphitheatre.
Madonsela said Zuma should repay the state for the costs of the unnecessary renovations, but the President has denied any wrongdoing.
Also the EFF and the Democratic Alliance have taken the matter to the Constitutional Court, with a hearing set for next Tuesday.
The Presidency said Zuma had proposed that the chief auditor and the finance minister fixed the amount due from him in order to “achieve an end to the drawn-out dispute”.
Meanwhile, the DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, said his party would not agree to a settlement that would undermine the public protector.
EFF Spokesman, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, said the movement would consult its lawyers because President Zuma was not responding out of the goodness of his heart or out of understanding the importance of respecting the recommendations of the public protector.
Opposition parties, particularly the militant left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters, have since frequently heckled Zuma in parliament over his refusal to pay the money.
Reuters/NAN.