SA President Jacob Zuma to repay $500,000 for controversial renovation of home

South Africa's highest court has ordered President Jacob Zuma to repay government $500,000 for the controversial renovations made to his private home in Nkandla in the Northern KwaZulu-Natal province.  

The Treasury calculated the amount after getting independent experts to establish how much Mr Zuma should pay back for building a swimming pool, visitor centre, amphitheatre, a chicken run and cattle enclosure. 

The Constitutional Court accepted the amount, giving Mr. Zuma 45 days to repay the money. 

The rest of the 23 million dollars the government spent on the renovations was regarded as security-related expenditure for which Mr. Zuma qualified.

BBC