The budget framework provides for growth in allocations in the general public services function of 5.2 per cent a year from R53.3 billion in 2012/13 to R62.1 billion in 2015/16. The Department of Public Works is allocated R400 million for the implementation of its turnaround strategy to stabilise its operations. The turnaround strategy includes clean audit interventions, anti-corruption and maladministration initiatives and improvements in technical capacity.