Public Protector welcomes additional funding to strengthen its capacity [SOUND]

# The Office of the Public Protector South Africa has welcomed an additional 73-million-rand allocation over the next three years, saying the funds will help strengthen its investigative capacity. The funding was included in Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s budget speech, which he delivered on Wednesday. The Public Protector’s spokesperson, Khulu Phasiwe, says the additional funds will also go a long way in alleviating the budget constraints, which negatively impacted the institution’s ability to discharge its constitutional mandate effectively: