1. The Committee notes that a number of new lower courts have been built and several others will be completed soon through investment in Capital Works (Tsakane, Kathlehong, Kagiso and Ntuzuma, etc.). The Department has requested that it be allocated additional funds to cover start-up and operational cost funding for these new lower courts. A finalised court building merely provides the structure and requires a large input of start-up costs, which relate to furnishing and equipping of the court building (IT, furniture, security and inventory). There are also costs related to the employment of judges/magistrates, prosecutors, legal aid practitioners and administrative staff for salaries and operational costs. In short, the directive to focus on infrastructure - in this context, building new courts - must also take into account start-up costs, otherwise the investment in infrastructure is wasted. The additional funds required are R91.5 million in 2013/14; R95 million in 2014/15 and R100 million in 2015/16.