3.3 Services SETA Dr S Moon: Administrator led the presentation which highlighted the following key issues: . The Committee was informed that an investigation by an independent consulting firm on allegations of irregularities relating to mandatory grant was completed and the case was referred to the Hawks. Unfortunately, there hasn't been progress in the case thus far. Sensitive forensic audit documents relating to the case were available for the Committee to scrutinise after the meeting. . The strategic plan of SSETA was approved only in January 2012 with two months left to the end of the financial year and all these developments led to huge delays in roll out of 2012/13 programmes. . The new board would commence with its fiduciary duties as of 1st July 2013. The process of appointment of new board members would be completed in the next two weeks. SSETA was successfully restructured in 2012 and a new COO and CFO had been appointed. . The backlog of artisan certification remained a concern for SSETA. Of the 500 artisans trained, 2000 remained without their trade test certificates owing to poor monitoring by previous management. Remedial project of addressing this challenge was underway. . A new model had been developed to deliver on the mandate of SSETA as required by the NSDS III. The previous model was onerous and SSETA did not have a direct link with service providers. During the period 2007 - 2010, SSETA paid out R1.6 billion in contracts to 150 companies and R800 million went to 20 intermediaries. . In terms of budget; the total revenue for the 2013/14 financial year was R1.5 billion, investments R47 million, prior year surplus R415 million and skills development penalties R15 million. The expenditure included; employer grants R256 million, administrator expenditure R127 million and discretionary projects R1.1 billion.