Indlela was the only public trade test centre in the country out of the 600 privately owned test centres. The institute had enormous responsibility of conducting trade tests and assessments of candidates that aspired to be artisans. However, the claims of irregular financial activities that emerged during the transfer of Indlela from the Department of Labour to the Department of Higher Education and Training affected the credibility of the institute as an eligible public trade test centre. As result, the Department appointed an independent audit firm to investigate the financial records of the institute. The outcome of the report pointed out financial irregularities that involved 30 officials within the institute. The Department was in the process of finalising disciplinary hearings against the implicated individuals to be completed at the end of September this year.