The Department was expected to provide progress made with regards to establishing a focused organizational structure, populated with appropriately qualified and experienced personnel; ensure compliance with human resource implementation plans; clean up the PERSAL transversal system; drastically reduce compensation of employees budget; ensure declaration of interest and clearance of SMS members and identified support staff; conclusively and urgently handle disciplinary matters; apply provisioning norms effectively, timeously and correctly and manage normal, sick and incapacity leave.