I write to you Honourable Speaker, to appraise you and Parliament, of our inability to table the 2010-2011 Annual Report of the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) on the due date of 30 September 2011. I do this in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and indeed the guidelines of Parliament. Honourable Speaker, we are not able to table this Report, as the CCOD is not in a position to finalize the Report, owing to the fact that the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) for the year under review have not yet been submitted to the Office of the Auditor General. The reason for this was owing to the delay in the submission of the actuarial evaluation report for the Fund. The annual financial statements are dependent on the data contained in the actuarial report, hence could not be submitted as required by the PFMA on 31 May 2011. The Office of the Auditor General has accordingly been constantly appraised on the progress, hence their agreement for the submission deadline of 30 September 2011 for the AFS. The audit will then only commence thereafter. It is estimated that the audit will be concluded on or before 30 November 2011. This Annual Report will then be tabled on or before 15 December 2011.