Madonsela gets funding boost to probe Guptas and state capture
Cape Town – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s pending probe into allegations of state capture – which includes allegations against the Guptas – has received a R1.5m funding commitment from National Treasury.
Madonsela’s spokesperson Oupa Segalwe told Fin24 on Thursday that Treasury – which granted the office half of its requested R3m – can’t fund the office directly.
“There’d be processes to be followed and eventually the funds will come through the Department of Justice as does our annual budget,” he said, clarifying reports that suggest this funding is abnormal.
“We have never asked for a case by case type of funding before,” he said. “It is just a new approach that we decided on during our strategic planning process, which was concluded in March, long before we got requests to investigate this matter.
“The decision was that on major cases that would require a commission of inquiry, we would approach Treasury for funding on a case-by-case basis.