Jan Gerber, News24
Budget cuts will affect the quality and speed of investigations of the Office of the Public Protector.
The Public Protector s budget has been slashed by R28.7 million.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane says they have to expand their resources to focus on mending the administrative gaps.
The Office of the Public Protector, one of the entities mandated with what Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane calls the mammoth task of rooting out corruption , is facing another budget cut.
The budget cut will impact the quality and speed at which the entity resolves investigations.
For the 2020/21 financial year, R16.1 million was cut from the office s budget - and, in the 2021/22 financial year, it was reduced by R28.7 million.