Zuma gets extra R20m for legal fees

2012-10-27 10:14 President Jacob Zuma. (File, AP) Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send us your stories Related Links Rise above petty squabbles, says Zuma Zuma wants court to clarify instructions Zuma drops Zapiro claim to R100 000 kalahari.com Take Two Veg and Call Me in the Morning The twelfth annual collection of Zapiro cartoons from the Mail & Guardian. Now R242.00 BUY NOW Johannesburg - The Treasury has given President Jacob Zuma an extra R20m to cover his legal costs, the Saturday Star reported. A document released on Thursday by the Treasury stated that presidency would receive an extra R28m, R20m of which would go towards "legal and executive service costs." Chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee on public accounts (Scopa) Themba Godi said his committee had requested a breakdown of the legal costs, but was unsuccessful. The committee had a meeting with Treasury officials three months ago regarding unauthorised expenditure in three departments, including the presidency. Godi said government did not have a "bottomless pit of cash" and that it all boiled down to poor planning. "One would expect the office of the president to lead by example," he told the newspaper. "But I understand there might have been unavoidable circumstances." It was reported earlier in the week that President Zuma reduced his legal claim against cartoonist Zapiro from R4m to R100 000. - SAPA News 24 COMMENTS BY SONNY With all the slush funds, personal handouts, secret funds, pensions, and grafts, who would not want to stay president. Did the 'Spy Tapes' ever exist, or, are they just another chapter from "Alice in Wonderland?" This guy really believes he is 'untouchable!' Judging by all his security we do not believe that he is running scared! Breyten Breytenbach - The true confessions of an albino terrorist...Okela operation. IF BREYTEN BREYTENBACH could have his past back, would he still have become an Albino Freedom Fighter. Maybe he would have rebelled against this ANC Democracy of dictatorship! Communist rhetoric is dead yet alive in SA.