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Zuma ordered to refund govt money spent on private home
The uncompromising nature of his verdict – Mogoeng said it carried a “profound lesson” for South Africa’s young democracy – piles more pressure on Zuma, whose second term in office is due to end in 2019.
In a final, departing insult, he was ordered to pay costs.
Standing outside the court in downtown Johannesburg, opposition leader Mmusi Maimane told reporters Zuma should be removed from office and said he would table a parliamentary motion to have him impeached.
Zuma, a 73-year-old polygamous Zulu traditionalist, has been under intense fire since December when his abrupt sacking of finance minister Nhlanhla Nene sent the rand into a tail-spin.
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