You will soon be able to apply online for protection orders, says Justice Minister

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"This is the first of several reforms we want to introduce. For instance, there is no reason why uncontested divorce applications and maintenance applications cannot be done online," he said. The cuts included R111m in the compensation of employees, R122m from court infrastructure, R150m from the National Prosecuting Authority, R10m from the Special Investigating Unit and R23m from Legal Aid South Africa.

Day-to-day maintenance of courts has been allocated R64m, R24.4m goes towards upgrading the justice infrastructure. Lamola said the criminal justice system should be able to respond with the required level of sensitivity to the most vulnerable in society.He said his department in the past financial year unveiled 13 sexual offences courts across the country which were victim centric in nature.

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