The Committee was concerned at the slow expenditure of the Department as at the end of the Second Quarter of the 2012/13 financial year, with specific reference to the recurring poor performance on the Nandoni and De Hoop Dam projects. The Department stated that delays in the Nandoni project were due to the non-performance of a historically disadvantaged (HD) category contractor. The established contractor was 86 percent complete and litigation involving the HD contractor was ongoing. With regard to the De Hoop Dam, the work was being finalised on the completion of the Dam but not on the bulk water reticulation system.