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<\/a>Majorities of DA and EFF supporters were strongly opposed to taxpayers footing the bill, and only a third of ANC supporters shared this opinion. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever\u00a0–\u00a0and perhaps surprising given the controversy\u00a0the issue\u00a0has caused –\u00a041% of ANC supporters believe that Zuma’s private residence should be paid by taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n Ipsos found that people living in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and North West were the most supportive of funding Zumas residence, while the strongest negative reactions came from residents in the Northern Cape, Western Cape and the Free State.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe accept that the president is required to carry out remedial action. The public protector\u2019s report has to be complied with,\u201d Jeremy Gauntlett told the court.<\/p>\n Gauntlett pointed out that Zuma had already proposed that the court order the Auditor General and Treasury to determine how much of the R246 million spent on upgrades to his private home in KwaZulu-Natal he should repay.<\/p>\n Thousands of EFF members march through Joburg CBD: pictures<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Zuma\u2019s day in court: three ways it could go<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>A total of 3,617 personal face-to-face interviews were conducted with randomly selected adult South Africans. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>On Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma\u2019s lawyer told the Constitutional Court that he accepted the findings of a report by the public protector into Nkandla – which stated that the president should pay back a portion of the money spent on upgrades to his house.<\/p>\nMore on Nkandla<\/h3>\n