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President Jacob Zuma has apologised to South Africans in an effort to end to a long-running scandal over improper state spending at his private home.
"The matter has caused a lot of frustration and confusion, for which I apologise," he said in a TV address. [caption id="attachment_27536" align="alignleft" width="624"] The Nkandla residence has become a political headache for President Zuma[/caption] He said he would abide by a court ruling that he must repay government money spent on upgrading his rural home with a swimming pool and amphitheatre. The case was brought by the opposition, which urged him to stand down. The public protector, an anti-corruption body, ruled in 2014 that $23m (£15m) of public money had been improperly spent on Mr Zuma's rural home in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, and ordered him to reimburse part of the expense. In Thursday's unanimous judgement, the Constitutional Court ruled that Mr Zuma's failure to repay the money violated the constitution. In his live address on Friday, Mr Zuma said: "I respect the judgement and will abide by it." The president added that he had acted "in good faith" and "never knowingly and deliberately set out to violate the constitution". "Any action that has been found not to be in keeping with the constitution happened because of a different approach and different legal advice," he said, before issuing an apology for the "frustration" caused.