Cape Town - The Congress of the People on Tuesday accused President Jacob Zuma of flouting the Constitution by not declaring his assets.
"In 2005, [former president] Thabo Mbeki fired Jacob Zuma as deputy president of the Republic following the conviction of his financial adviser Schabir Shaik for [an] inappropriate financial relationship with Zuma," Cope deputy leader Mbhazima Shilowa said following the revelation that Zuma had missed the 60-day deadline to declare his personal interests.
"This inappropriate relationship was discovered once Zuma failed to declare his financial interests in Parliament," he said.
Since then, Zuma had continued to receive financial assistance from business people, "ostensibly in return for favours ranging from construction of his Nkandla home to assistance for his third wife with regards to accommodation".