An independent 2014 report said Jacob Zuma had
"benefited unduly" from the upgrades, which include a swimming pool,
chicken run and amphitheatre.
He has offered to pay some of the money back but
the case is still going ahead.
Protesters, led by former Zuma ally turned fierce
opponent Julius Malema, have marched to the court.
The demonstration was against "corruption and
cronyism", a spokesman for his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party has
also also organised its own protest outside the court in Johannesburg, where
there is a strong police presence. Mr
Zuma's ANC party called the protests a "political exercise".
The
constitutional court is being asked to rule on whether the government flouted
the law by ignoring recommendations of the 2014 report by the anti-corruption
watchdog, known as the Public Protector.
Mr Zuma
has been cleared of wrongdoing in a police report over his residence in rural
Nkandla.
The
hashtag #PayBackTheMoney, mirroring the slogan used by
EFF members to taunt the president, has been trending in South Africa, as
people comment on the court case:
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