The provincial department of Public Works in Limpopo had a total adjusted budget of R15.154 million for the 2010/11 financial year. They province did not agree with National Treasury that they had only spent R7.577 million (50.0 per cent) of their budget at the end of the third quarter. They indicated that they had proved to the Provincial Treasury that the expenditure actually stood at R11.275 million (74.4 per cent) at the end of the third quarter. In response National Treasury indicated that they believed their figure of 50.0 per cent to be a true reflection of the spending as at 31 December 2010. The Department was requested to revert back to the Committee within seven days of the meeting with the correct information on the disputed figure. The discrepancy had been a result of a system error which resulted in a payment to one municipality not being fully effected. Once the error was identified, the province attempted to correct the entry, however Provincial Treasury had already extracted the report from the Basic Accounting System (BAS). The provincial Department had managed to pay municipal rates for 658 of the properties. The outstanding properties had not been paid for the following reasons: