The Department had developed action plans as a corrective measure to address the audit reports and had managed to resolve 141 queries from the total 206. The appointment of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Rakoma Consortium and the envisaged appointment in the CFO's branch were expected to ensure credibility and assist the Department with issues raised. Similar to the feedback given in October 2012, the Department indicated that strides are made to comply with the cost containment strategy of the Province and the 30 days prescripts for the payment of authenticated invoices. The process of the verification of invoices existed but was slow and payments were only effected with the recommendation of the CFO.