South Africa: The Concourt Has Done Its Work, but SA Politics Remain Messy

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Since the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment on the Nkandla matter, South Africans have heard many strange and wonderful interpretations of the judgment itself. The first, of course, is that President Jacob Zuma did not actually do anything wrong. In his words, it was all just 'confusion'.

It is worth remembering that the ConCourt found the president had acted in breach of his obligations in terms of section 96 of the Constitution. This is essentially also a breach of the Executive Members' Ethics Act, which sets out the code of conduct for members of cabinet, their deputies and the president himself.

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