The Portfolio Committee on Economic Development undertook an oversight visit to companies in distress on 3 and 17 - 19 November 2009. The purpose of the visits was to investigate how the specific companies in distress have performed after the Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC) financial intervention. Four companies that were said to be in distress and financed by IDC's intervention fund were identified. The committee specifically set out to check the authenticity of these companies and investigate the impacts of such intervention by the IDC. The four identified companies are: