3.1.1 Governance In its submission, the Public Service Commission (the Commission) noted that deficiencies in the public service are partly responsible for the lack of success in accelerating development in post-apartheid South Africa. The Commission focused its presentation on departments which were directly contributing to government's five policy priorities. While most departments recorded expenditure that was above 90 per cent in 2010/11 and 2011/12, average performance against predetermined targets was below 60 per cent. For example, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries had spent 99.3 per cent of its budget allocation for 2011/12 but attained only 41 per cent of its performance targets. Moreover, the quality of submitted performance information remains poor. The performance information submitted in 2010/11 and 2011/12 by the Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Basic Education, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; and Rural Development and Land Reform was found to be not useful nor reliable. In many instances performance information found in annual reports overwhelms, rather than enhance oversight.