The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development spent R76 million on interpretation of foreign languages while nearly 40,000 foreigners were criminally charged in the past year.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has spent R76.4 million on foreign language interpreting services in criminal proceedings in courts throughout the country over the past year.
This happened as the courts record nearly 40,000 new cases involving foreign nationals criminally charged in various courts during 2024/25.
This was revealed this week by Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi when she was responding to parliamentary questions from the ATM.
Kubayi told ATM MP Vuyo Zungula that her department’s Electronic Case Management System showed that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has recorded 1,074 new cases involving foreign nationals in the regional courts and 37,967 foreign nationals in the district courts.
