a) In total, municipalities have spent R1.2 billion on legal fees in the 2018/19 financial year.
b) On forensic investigations, municipalities spent R26.5 million, however, this R26.5 million is not necessarily on legal fees. It might just be on appointments of forensic investigators (attached to this is Annexure A which llustrateshow much was paid on Legal Fees per municipality, Annexure Bwhich illustrates how much was spent per municipality on Forensic Investigations).
ANNEXURES