South African president Jacob Zuma has sparked outrage spending £17.5 million to upgrade his rural family home while about 13 million people survive on less than £1 a day, and two million have no access to a toilet.
According to reports excessive works to Zuma home in the village of Nkandla – which include the construction of 31 new houses, an underground bunker accessed by lifts and a helipad – will cost almost as much as the £19 million Britain send to South Africa in annual aid.
