South Africans’ views on Zuma and Nkandla

Sicelo Sandton: Sithole, ’What 41, happened of in Nkandla is just corruption. We could have used the money for security at schools.’ Tinyiko Hlengane, 26, of Soweto: ‘The ANC doesn’t need Zuma going forward. That money could have built a hospital or homes for the poor.’ Lindi du Plessis, 39, of Centurion: ‘I feel betrayed by my president. He needs to apologise to the country and repay the money.’ Phumzile Zondo, 21, of Alberton: ‘I’ve always been sceptical of the president because he’s in the news for the wrong reasons.’ Simon Anderton, 29, of Durban: ‘If he lies about Nkandla, how can we be confident that he’s telling the truth on other matters?’ Rudy Brown, 39, of Pretoria: ‘If the ANC wants to go anywhere, I don’t think it would be a good thing to continue with him.’ Tshepo Molato, 29, of Langa, Cape Town: ‘In KZN there are people with no water or electricity. They should build schools. He’s taking advantage.’ Hennie Griesel, 75, of

Cape Town: ‘I worked as an accountant in an architectural firm, so I know the first guys they speak to on a project like this are the architects. It’s standard that architects get 6% of the project fee, so that guy should not have earned more than R12-million, and he got more than R16-million.’ Nomonde Mdleleni, 43, of Khayelitsha, Cape Town: ‘I’m sure that he spent even more than that. He should have used that money for schools or even health because most people are sick.’ Shahieda Bassier, 54, of Elsies River, Cape Town:

‘Zuma does nothing for this

country. who looks We after need the someone poor.’ Doctor Free State: Sgudla, ‘Security 42, of for the the president important. and I am his just wives is shocked spent on that the rest money of the was developments.’ Akshay North Beach, Maharaj, Durban: 31, of ‘The have money been spent should on rather poverty government alleviation. is corrupt.’ Our Pinky Nzimande, 19, a student from Durban: ‘He should be helping us by providing better education and health facilities.’ Claude Sterley, 44, of Durban: ‘From the R200 000 spent on former president FW de Klerk’s security upgrade to R32million for Nelson Mandela, this R200-million is an unbelievably huge jump.’ Vash Ramsunder, 25, of

East London: ‘The moral fibre in government is tending towards this, so if you are the “king”, why not? He is not fit to lead a country. He is stealing from his own people.’ Rachel Kinloch, 27, a teacher from Durban: ‘I am worried for the future of our amazing country, built on a leadership where honesty and humility don’t seem to be important.’ Nobuhle Cwele, 27, of Umlazi, Durban: ‘I’m not even going to vote next year. How can he spend millions on a kraal and a swimming pool when we don’t even have houses?’ Emmanuel Khambula, 38, of Pinetown: ‘The ANC should not have Zuma as the face of the party because he could make them lose too many people.’

Zethu Cele, 22, of Umlazi: ‘You that much can’t build money, a house even for for the gets president. flooded when My shack it rains

Sunday and I can’t Times afford reporters to fix it.’—