Benevolent Jacob Zuma says he’s ‘an elder on his way out’

There was uncertainty over this year’s Christmas festivities after the high court in Pretoria ruled that Zuma must pay back millions of rands of taxpayers’ funds that his lawyers pocketed for helping him fight corruption and fraud cases.

He is also required to pay back millions more in legal costs incurred in his failed bid to block the release of former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report, which led to the formation of the commission of inquiry into state capture chaired by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo.

It was also reported last year that the Jacob Zuma Foundation, which is behind the Christmas activities, had run out of money and could not pay university fees for students it had promised to fund.

But despite all these financial woes, as well as his unceremonious Valentine’s Day departure from the presidency, the party went on.

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