Zuma has repaid money for non-security upgrades to private residence - South African Treasury

ANC leader Jacob Zuma greets supporters during his election campaign in Atteridgeville, South Africa July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has taken out a home loan to repay state money spent on non-security upgrades to his private residence, his office said on Monday, after a scandal over lavish improvements including a swimming pool and amphitheatre.

In a stinging rebuke that hit Zuma financially and politically, the Constitutional Court ordered him in March to return some of the $16 million (£12 million) spent on enhancing his residence at Nkandla in the KwaZulu-Natal province.