For the construction of the actual dam (Phase 2A), a shortfall of R800 million was reported. This amount would have to be funded from the baseline of the Department. It was reported that the Department had known from the onset that it would need to augment the funding allocated for the project and therefore arranged its allocations in such a way that the funding of the dam would not affect other programmes. However, it would be interesting to see how the department plans to re-allocate the funding of the dam and not affect other programmes. An amount of R900 million was given by the National Treasury to fund the social component of the projects (Phase 2B 1).