Zuma will pay his legal fees... if court orders him to - Ramaphosa

Former president Jacob Zuma will pay his legal fees from his own pocket if the courts rule he had acted in his personal capacity, President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament.

Ramaphosa confirmed in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the State has paid a total of R15.3m for Zuma's personal legal fees since 2006.

Of that, R7.5m was spent on the period, from 2006 until the withdrawal of corruption charges against him in 2009. Since 2009, an additional R7.8m was spent.

"He must be punished for exploiting his position for personal use so that other people can be cognizant that corruption does not pay off as well as to diminish corruption rate in South Africa".

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