The R600m road to Nkandla ("Zuma Avenue")

President Jacob Zuma's rural homestead of Nkandla has benefited from another development worth a whopping R582 million, thanks to taxpayers.

This time the sprawling village of KwaNxamalala has been given two new road networks which were unveiled by the provincial government yesterday.

The official launch, a stone's throw from Zuma's homestead, took place amid huge controversy over the reported R203m upgrade of Zuma's private residence in KwaNxamalala village.

It emerged last week that the Zuma homestead was being upgraded at a cost of between R203 m and R238m, with more than 90 percent of the tab being picked up by taxpayers. Read more on IOL

Kaya FM's Today with John Perlman had a discussion around the costly refurbishments at President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla, which have stirred up massive controversy in the South Africa.

The government on the other hand insists that the home has been declared a national key point, as a result details of the project cannot be revealed. Take a listen to the podcast if you did not catch the show.

Question: Should we be making a big deal of this issue storm is this just a storm in a tea cup?

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