In view of media reports on his address at the Constitutional Rights Conference in Cape Town in February 2022, during which he stated that the mandate of Legal Aid South Africa (LASA) will be expanded to assist victims of evictions, what steps have been taken by his department to extend the statutory scope of LASA;
(2) Whether there has been any investigation by his department on the additional capacity that may be required by LASA to fulfil the additional services; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?