2.5.3 Following their June 2010 interaction, both the Correctional Services and Public Works Committees acknowledged the complexities inherent in the DCS' relationship with the DPW, and agreed that without the necessary leadership and commitment from senior management in both departments, the long overdue Service Level Agreement (SLA) will be as ineffective as the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that has governed their relationship for the past three years. The joint meeting held on 2 June 2010 convinced both committees that without their urgent intervention, service delivery in terms of maintenance was unlikely to improve, thus further compromising security in correctional centres and costing the State billions of rands when, for instance, centres procured at great cost, present maintenance challenges owing to shoddy workmanship.