The provincial Department of Arts and Culture of the Northern Cape (PoNC) reported that its final appropriation for 2010/11 had been R77. 314 million and the actual amount spent had been R35. 297 million or 45.7 per cent. The PoNC reported that it had projected to spend R51. 647 million. The projected budget had aimed to cover compensation of employees (R6. 431 million); goods and services (R24. 461 million); transfers and subsidies (R7. 346 million); and payment of capital assets (R13. 409 million). Above all, the PoNC submitted unaudited financial outcomes for the financial year that ended on 31 March 2011. The province indicated that at the end of the 2010/11 financial year it had spent R61. 364 million or 79.4 per cent of its financial appropriation (R77. 314 million). The PoNC, reported that their allocation was reduced by R12. 048 million as per Government Gazette number 34 192 of 4 April 2011 due to under expenditure in the 2009/10 financial year.