“The department of justice has made available R38m, which in itself is not a lot of money considering that many of these are very complex investigations that require a lot of money. These are for startup costs at this stage,” she said.
Batohi said this money would be used to pay for outside legal counsel, who would be used to tackle the complex cases earmarked by the directorate. Head of the NPA’s investigative directorate Hermione Cronje is expected to announce the first cases that will be tackled by the directorate later this month.
Batohi said they have also applied for money that was recovered as the proceeds of crime in the Criminal Asset Recovery Account to help fund this directorate.Batohi said the funds for the directorate - which may include private donors - will be “ring-fenced”, away from the NPA.
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