The audit report also pointed to some irregular expenditure of an amount of R38, 4 million which was incurred without adhering to the internal delegation of authority and non-compliance with proper tender process. Those were picked up by the internal controls established by the Department and all cases were evaluated and condoned by the Accounting Officer during the year. An amount of R2, 2 million was incurred as fruitless and wasteful expenditure due to double hotel bookings and payments of venues not utilized.