Monday, November 5, 2012

South Africa President Plans $250 Million Tax-Funded Town


South African President Jacob Zuma is being criticized over plans to build a new town only three kilometers from his family home. The ambitious project would be the first town built since the end of apartheid. But, with half of the $250 million cost coming from taxpayers coffers, many say the president is putting his personal interests before those of the country. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province.

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