The Minister of Finance indicated to a joint meeting of the Finance and Appropriations committees that ambitions of government are curtailed due to the financial pressures. He noted that borrowings will burden some parts of future generations and that savings will be made in government spending. The Minister called upon the business sector to commit and outline its role in the government savings programme. He indicated that employment is not as fast as expected and that it was necessary to improve training programmes and basic education in South Africa. Over the period ahead, more people will be employed for the front line and less in the administration. Matric vouchers programme is proposed to subsidise the costs for employers in hiring persons with matric certificates without lowering applicable salaries. The Minister reiterated government's commitment to infrastructure investment. With regard to uprooting corruption in government funds, a task team has been established to look at each case of corruption and weaknesses in the procurement system. He called on society at large to assist government in fighting the culture of corruption. It was indicated that spending priorities support the policy priorities. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) noted that, the national proportion of the Division of Revenue continues to decline over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) from 50.1 per cent in 2009/10 financial year to 46.9 per cent in the 2012/13 financial year. On the other hand the provincial and local proportions are increasing over the MTEF (refer to table 1 below).