There is inadequate funding for the NPA to tackle corruption and State Capture cases – Ronald Lamola

Johnathan Paoli

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has re-emphasised the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and its Investigating Directorate’s (ID) lack of funds to deal with corruption and State capture cases.

The minister said that while the budget has increased by 5.39% in the medium term, it remained inadequate to deal with the country’s many cases involving corruption.

This follows on a written question from the DA leader John Steenhuisen on the annual budget of the NPA and specifically the ID in relation to engaging in corruption and criminal conduct by the government.

Lamola said that the NPA budget allocation increased over the medium term, from R4,9 billion to R5,7 billion to capacitate the NPA to deal with State Capture cases and the fight against corruption, with the increase being a result of the R1.3 billion additional funding allocated to the agency during the 2022 medium-term budget.

Lamola said,