The Western Cape Directorate of Public Prosecutions wants to boost prosecutions capacity in George, in the Southern Cape, to deal with rising corruption and fraud cases, mainly in the public sector. | itchybyte
The rising number of cases against government employees charged with corruption is causing a shortage of court space.
"Consequently, we have motivated for the creation of additional posts for the Southern Cape and to establish a satellite DPP office in George."The DPP is also asking for an extra court in Bellville, Cape Town, as well as George, for complex commercial and corruption cases. "In the past five years, the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit and the DPP have got convictions for 271 public officials involved in fraud or corruption."
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