“Hands off Zuma!”

The long-awaited report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on R206m worth of security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla residence in KwaZulu Natal will be released on 19 March. The report is being keenly anticipated, not least by dissidents of President Zuma. His supporters though feel the president is the subject of a smear campaign. Some 5,000 Zuma supporters dressed in ANC colours marched through the Durban CBD on Friday with a simple message, “Hands off Zuma! RUMANA AKOOB reports.