It was mentioned that there had been a major change in respect of payments made through the Finance Section. All documentation needed to be forwarded to Head Office and then to be sent to Treasury for approval and authorisation. This process was cumbersome and time consuming. It was mentioned that the focus of the Finance Section was that of retired educators whereby their salaries had to be paid manually with additional administration. Another challenge was the payment of outstanding allowances due to employees. This issue was being addressed. It was mentioned in respect of payments of creditors that they were authorised on a weekly basis. For payments to be effected, it was necessary that all invoices and documents were received. Currently the payments to creditors were up-to-date.