Mr Speaker, last year President Zuma told Parliament that what government did was "to build other houses beyond my home for security personnel". Indeed, the facts are that the Department of Public Works awarded a tender to Bonelena Construction & Enterprise for the construction of 25 new buildings for R61,6 million. [Interjections.] Since they did not finish the job, a tender was then awarded to Moneymine to complete it, pushing the cost up to R65 million. Then Public Works awarded another tender to Moneymine to construct a further six new buildings for R44,7 million. [Interjections.]
This means that Public Works spent R110 million on 31 new buildings for President Zuma's guards at his private home, with the last six buildings costing R7,5 million each. This shows how President Zuma is further impoverishing over 7 million South Africans who have no work and live in dismal poverty while he is enriching himself. [Applause.]