Adequate funding for CoE remains a challenge for the Department. Provincial Treasury had partnered with Statistics South Africa (Stats-SA) to assist the departments with the verification of health professionals. An amount of R18.5 million had been provided for this purpose. The Census project was expected to commence in April 2013 and be finalised in June 2013. The Service Level Agreement between Stats-SA and the National Treasury was due to be signed before by 19 April 2013. The project is about personnel head count for all the existing staff for the Department of Health, from the clinics, hospitals, districts and sub districts as well as the provincial office. The PERSAL clean-up process was largely complete. The staff establishment on PERSAL had decreased from 69 175 posts to 38 307 (30 868 unfunded posts were abolished). A process was underway to identify critical posts from the unfunded posts, for future planning in the MTEF process. The process of reviewing the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) had been delayed because of the resignation of key staff in the Remuneration Unit of the DPSA. A meeting had been arranged with the DPSA to discuss the way forward. The DPSA team was still processing the 101 cases handed over to them.