Even though President Jacob Zuma has now offered to repay the money, the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Democratic Alliance insisted on pressing ahead with the case.
It is not that they do not want the president to pay, they do.
But they want to set a precedent by reinforcing the powers of the Public Protector, the corruption watchdog office set up under the country's constitution.
Mr Zuma had justified his reluctance to repay the state by reducing the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's findings to mere recommendations and said they were not equal to orders given by a court of law.
The EFF smells blood - it hopes the Constitutional Court will conclude that the president contravened the constitution and therefore violated his oath of office.
The opposition would then no doubt demand the president's impeachment.
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| Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters is one of the parties bringing the case against President Jacob Zuma |
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