# Government has allocated 3.8-billion-rand over the medium term to hire more than three-thousand-500 social workers to strengthen prevention of gender-based violence and femicide. The government plans to increase sexual offences courts from 55 to 101 and Thuthuzela Care Centres from 72 to 80 by 2028/2029. An additional 157.4-million-rand will go to the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities for oversight. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says another 186-million-rand will support forensic and investigative capacity:
BUDGET: Government allocates billions to fight gender-based violence [SOUND]
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