{"id":16315,"date":"2012-11-05T08:31:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T06:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/11\/s-africa-police-block-opposition-from-zumas-home\/"},"modified":"2012-11-05T08:31:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T06:31:34","slug":"s-africa-police-block-opposition-from-zumas-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africa-police-block-opposition-from-zumas-home\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa police block opposition from Zuma’s home"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Nov 4 (Reuters) – South African police
\nprevented the country’s main opposition leader from using a
\npublic road leading to President Jacob Zuma’s house in his home
\nvillage on Sunday, citing safety concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

South African media have reported the government plans to
\nspend some 250 million rand ($28.61 million) on President Jacob
\nZuma’s home village, angering the opposition Democratic Alliance
\n(DA) which had wanted to deliver letters from school children
\nwho lack textbooks, to illustrate where money should be spent.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Police in riot gear turned back DA leader Helen Zille and a
\nsmall group of supporters on their way to inspect Zuma’s
\nresidence in the village of Nkandla, in KwaZulu-Natal province.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“We will not allow the ANC to declare certain areas “no-go
\nzones” in our country,” Zille said in a statement after filing a
\ncomplaint against Zuma’s ruling African National Congress for
\nblocking a public road.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The ruling ANC, which has been in power since the end of
\nwhite minority rule in 1994, is often accused of corruption by
\nopposition parties such as the DA, with funds from the national
\nbudget not always reaching the intended millions who continue to
\nlive in poverty 18 years after the advent of democracy.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

But Nelson Mandela’s 100 year-old party continues to enjoy
\nmass support, securing more than 60 percent of the vote in all
\nfour national elections since 1994.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said they could not allow Zille to pass on Sunday due
\nto concerns for her own safety as there were angry ANC members
\nwaiting for her next to Zuma’s home.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Zille’s DA has its origins as the liberal, anti-apartheid
\nparty among whites before 1994, but has started to make inroads
\nwith the electorate, growing to 24 percent of the vote in local
\nelections in May this year and becoming the main opposition
\nparty.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The DA said it would give Zuma’s administration 72 hours to
\nrelease information on the funding of the projects in Nkandla
\nbefore going to court. The president’s spokesman responded by
\nsaying Zille was “just looking for publicity.”
\n ($1 = 8.7387 South African rand)<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Jon Hemming)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JOHANNESBURG Nov 4 (Reuters) – South African police prevented the country’s main opposition leader from using a public road leading to President Jacob Zuma’s house in his home village on Sunday, citing safety concerns. South African media have reported the government plans to spend some 250 million rand ($28.61 million) on President Jacob Zuma’s home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-16315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}