Jacob Zuma to pay back $23m spent on private Nkandla home

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has agreed to refund the sum of the $23m  the government controversially spent on upgrading his private rural home at Nkandla. In 2014, a report by the public protector said Mr Zuma had "benefited unduly" from the upgrades.

Mr Zuma said the auditor-general and finance minister should determine how much he should repay to end the dispute.

The announcement comes a week before a constitutional hearing on the matter. DA leader, Mmusi Maimane, said on South African radio that his party would not agree to a “settlement that will undermine the public protector.”