8. Observations and Recommendations 8.1 Observations The Committee noted the following: (i) that MDDA had requested the National Treasury to facilitate the transfer of the budget allocation for the purpose of capacity building of community radio programme production from Budget Vote 27 to Budget Vote 9 (ii) that MDDA Board does not have a Company Secretary as required in terms of sound corporate governance principles; (iii) that not all national departments comply with the Committee's 2012/13 recommendations to use community media when advertising; and (iv) the slow pace towards legislative and policy review which needed to be conducted in order to address sectoral challenges which relate to sustainability and tariffs.