Nkandla: The kraal has significant spiritual value

A video with a cultural expert explaining the role of the kraal as both animal enclosure and site for cultural and spiritual practices was today shown at the briefing called by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko to report back on his department’s investigation into the upgrades at President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.

The family kraal‚ which was built by the family‚ was however in the high security zone‚ and the presence of animals there would set off motion censors and trigger regular false alarms.

As such‚ the new kraal was built‚ to act as an animal enclosure.

He said it was clear that “in agreeing to shift the animals to a new enclosure” the family had made a “compromise” in the name of security.

A culvert was built to channel animals in and out of the enclosure so that the inner and outer perimeter security systems were not interfered with.

These perimeter systems were very sensitive and “could easily be activated by free running chickens“. As such‚ a chicken run‚ outside of the perimeter was required for the free-running chickens.