This may be what many South Africans were thinking this morning, when they woke up to the latest chapter in the Neverending #Nkandla Story.

Yes. That Nkandla. The one of the commissions of inquiry into commissions of inquiry and investigations into investigations, hilarious fire pool videos, and cause of many a parliamentary disruption last year. 

And just when we thought it was all over, and we could move ahead to a new scandal, no one but the president himself, Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, has given the hashtags #Paybackthemoney and #Nkandla a new lease on life.

A mere week before Zuma is scheduled to deliver his State of the Nation Address, the president has proposed a "solution" to the Nkandla problem.

President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday proposed a settlement in the Constitutional Court case brought by the opposition that would see him reimburse the state for improvements to his rural home. 

The president's about-turn comes a week before the Constitutional Court is scheduled to hear the case brought by opposition parties who accuse him of flouting the law by failing to heed Public Protector, Thuli Mandonsela’s, directive that he refund the state for non-security related improvements at his rural home.

The president's proposal involves the Auditor-General and Minister of Finance determine the amount he has to repay.

Below is a selection of Tweets, following the presidency's late-night announcement:

Video: In 2009 we broke the #Nkandla scandal. Let's take a look at how it all started. @amaBhungane https://t.co/CxHdrnudhz

— mailandguardian (@mailandguardian) February 3, 2016

#Nkandla statement @PresidencyZA office declares hope pay solution will be "beyond political reproach" perhaps - I'd say - ahead of #SONA

— Erin Bates (@ermbates) February 3, 2016

In a typical #SlyzaTsotsi fashion, Mr. Zuma is now pretending like he wants to #PayBackTheMoney whilst he's been saying "I won't pay".

— Floyd Shivambu (@FloydShivambu) February 2, 2016

Any settlement should reaffirm the powers of the public protector, we should all agree first that remedial actions of the PP are binding...

— Julius Sello Malema (@Julius_S_Malema) February 2, 2016

We fought for the remedial actions to be upheld in the WC high court, the ScA & won. we were going to win at the ConCourt. Thus Pres UTurn

— Mmusi Maimane (@MmusiMaimane) February 2, 2016

This morning we woke up to the news that the #Nkandla amount has been settled pic.twitter.com/1oN9KL0F20

— motse sithole (@Motse_jobe) February 3, 2016

Thoughts are with those MPs that defended #Nkandla, some even lost some sweat in the process. Was it worth it? When are the #etolls falling?

— Themba Ntuli (@Sthimbana81) February 3, 2016

Don't let Zuma wriggle out of #Nkandla! Get the ConCourt to decide whether the Public Protector's decisions are "binding" once and for all!

— Robert James Hickson (@PositivelyNot) February 3, 2016

#Nkandla he is paying it back because no president & ruling party needs a Constitutional Court hiding just before elections. No integrity.

— Pikkie Greeff (@PikkieGreeff) February 3, 2016

- Earl Coetzee