At the time of the visit, the departmental officials reported challenges with the labour force. Although, certain steps were taken to address these in order to avoid delays to the project. Despite the reported challenge with labour, the Department was adamant that it would still meet the expected deadline of April 2011 for the first delivery of water. While the Committee is mindful of the indicated deadline, the Committee is of the view that such dead would not be possible to meet based on the behind work schedule. The Committee was also informed that there were interactions with the surrounding mines to ensure that personnel trained through the project could be absorbed by the mines once the project is concluded. A process was also underway to finalise Service Level Agreements (SLA's) between the mines and the Department.