a. R2.73 million was incurred from the National Orders ceremony which was brought forward, with the result that it had to be funded from a financial year in which it was not initially budgeted for; b. R5.13 million resulted from legal fees in cases where the Presidency was a respondent; c. R6.556 million relating to travel and subsistence was incurred following the President's mediation responsibilities in Zimbabwe, and also when the Presidency attended the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and d. R0.225 million was incurred when the Presidency had to pay leave gratuity following the resignation of a former Minister in the Presidency in 2008.