a) The total payments made to date for which information is available, is R37 235 994,37.
Total costs can be broken down as follows:
b) The costs incurred were settled from the budget of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation while awaiting approval from Treasury for additional funding. The allegations made that the case brought by South Africa, in keeping with our obligations under the Genocide Convention, was instigated and funded by foreign countries is not only false, it also seeks to undermine what many respected international legal experts have described as one of the most important and consequential cases since the establishment of the International Court of Justice.