. The committee was informed that the Sol Plaatjie Building, Head Office of the department, was a privately owned property and the Department of Public Works did not reserve any rights to the building. Construction work and building maintenance were solely handled by the department. . The Department of Basic Education which was previously sharing the building with the department, had occupied another nearby building. At the time of the tour, the committee discovered that documents and other furniture items belonging to the Department of Basic Education were being removed to the nearby building. Though the building was quite old, its overall condition was conducive as a workspace.