< Recruitment of highly skilled leaders and senior managers of the department to curb the weaknesses regarding lack of leadership as identified by the Auditor-General and the committee. < Research and monitoring and evaluation to enable the department to track progress and identify problems and deficiencies in project implementation across the programmes. < A functional internal audit function to continuously highlight weaknesses in the systems as well as holding the department accountable, specifically on the three identified issues of risk management, predetermined objectives and fraud and corruption.