POLITICAL NEWS - The Democratic Alliance (DA) is hoping a court will order President Jacob Zuma to tell the country how much the spy tapes legal battle has cost taxpayers.
Zuma’s sidestepping of the question in the National Assembly last week prompted a walkout by the official opposition.
He told Members of Parliament (MPs) that, by law, he is entitled to defend himself at the state’s expense.
The protracted spy tapes saga has cost the DA in the order of R10 million. But how much has the president spent? He has refused to say.
Mmusi Maimane says that his party will ask the Western Cape High Court to compel him to answer the question.
“The question was quite simple. It was clear, it was unequivocal. It had everything to do with what we have spent on a decade-long case and the 783 charges of corruption.”
