On the 15-18 October 2012 a delegation of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (the Committee) undertook oversight visits to the provinces of the Eastern Cape (Komani Hospital, Special Youth Care Centre), the Northern Cape (New Mental Health Facility) and Gauteng (Zola Hospital). The main objective of the visits was to conduct oversight on the infrastructure projects of the said departments, as per report by the Auditor-General in the 2009/10 performance audit of the infrastructure delivery process at the provincial departments of education and health.