Cape Town – MK Party MP Mzwanele Manyi has dismissed EFF leader Julius Malema’s threats to attach former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home over “unpaid legal fees”.
Speaking outside the Constitutional Court on Tuesday last week, Malema accused Zuma of failing to comply with court orders to settle debts from previous legal battles, including a case where the EFF compelled Zuma to repay funds for Nkandla upgrades.
He warned Zuma to pay by Wednesday or risk losing his home.
“All the cases we won against Jacob Zuma, he never paid the legal fees. Zuma owes us legal fees. We have a court order that he must pay us our money. He has not complied with the court order,” Malema said.
EFF leader Julius Malema is demanding that former president Jacob Zuma pay the legal costs previously awarded to his party when they won cases against him. Malema has called on Zuma to pay up or face losing his Nkandla home. #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/Z4woAiQYA0
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He added: “We have instructed our lawyer to attach Nkandla so that the man pays back the money. We want our money. He wants to play dirty, bring it on, bring us our money tomorrow [Wednesday] otherwise we are attaching Nkandla.”
The dispute came amid tensions between the EFF and the MK Party, as several former EFF members defected to the MK party.
Speaking at the MKP’s anniversary celebration in Vosloorus on Saturday, Manyi expressed confidence that Zuma’s residence, located on Ingonyama Trust land, was legally unattachable as it was not private property.
He downplayed the EFF’s anger, attributing it to disappointment over losing members to the MKP and urging for calm.
‘At MK Party we love Julius Malema, we love EFF’ : MKP MP Mazwanele Manyi says.
Manyi says EFF’s legal row to attach Nkandla will not solidify as Jacob Zuma’s land ‘is under INgonyama Trust’@TimesLIVE #MKPARTY pic.twitter.com/rzZSGWGYA8— Sine (@Sinesip11136834) November 30, 2024
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
