Public protector Thuli Madonsela barely concluded her four-hour press conference on the outcome of her investigation into Nkandla, when Lindiwe Mazibuko stapled the full 400-page report, "Secure in Comfort", to the back of a seemingly pre-drafted motion to impeach the president.

In her haste, she might not have noticed that, although the report does conclude that President Jacob Zuma benefited improperly from state spending on personal amenities, including an amphitheatre and swimming pool, and that Zuma misled Parliament when he denied this, it does not include the word "wilfully".