The department further expects a budget cut to hinder Legal Aid SA's ability provide legal representation for the indigent and vulnerable citizens.
The department further expects a budget cut to hinder Legal Aid SA’s ability provide legal representation for the indigent and vulnerable citizens.
He added that he hoped by March next year Covid-19 would be something of the past, to avoid “the pain of a R1.9 billion budget cut”.“If we thought that pre-Covid things were challenging enough, well, it just got exponentially worse,” National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi remarked at the same meeting.
In fact, when Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane appeared before the committee earlier this month, she asked for an increase on the initial budget. Civil society organisation Corruption Watch expressed its deep concern that budgets could lead to reduced funding for the SIU and NPA.
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